Kosovo Serbia Conflict: NATO and Russia may have a direct confrontation on the new year, war can break out between Kosovo-Serbia at any time
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Fear of confrontation between NATO and Russia on New Year
War between Kosovo and Serbia can happen anytime
Serbia puts army on high alert near its border with Kosovo
new Delhi. On the new year where on one hand people talk about moving towards peace. At the same time, Russia can wage war on another front. The months-long conflict between Serbia and Kosovo is likely to turn into a war. If this happens then Russia and NATO will come face to face on this front. How bad the situation is can be gauged from the fact that Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic has asked his army to prepare for war on Monday (December 26).
According to a report in Vatican News, Serbia has put its army on high alert along the border with Kosovo. The standoff between the two countries escalates when Serbia and Kosovo accuse each other of preparing for an armed confrontation. Let us inform that in the year 2008, Kosovo was liberated from Serbia. At the moment Kosovo has also shown its intentions, it is also not ready to back down.
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According to news agency Reuters, Kosovo accused Serbia that it is doing so under the influence of Russia. Kosovo’s Interior Minister Jelal Svekla said on Tuesday that Serbia is trying to destabilize Kosovo under the influence of Russia. Serbs put up new barricades in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo on Tuesday. This has further increased the tension.
Why did the fire burn?
It may be known that since the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, the deadlock between the two countries has been going on. On December 25, both countries accused each other of firing. Kosovo alleged that the firing was done from Serbia. At the same time, Serbia alleged that the firing was done by KFOR (NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo) stationed in Kosovo. After this, the tension between the two countries for the last 10 months flared up further. KFOR said about this firing incident that it is investigating. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic also gave a statement. He said that this is a conspiracy to incite war between the two countries.
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Tags: Nato, Russia, war
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 28, 2022, 08:37 IST
