​​​​​​​The 1st Infantry Battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment stationed on the Island of Cyprus have reportedly begun to move into Kosovo in order to Reinforce the NATO Peacekeeping Forces already in the Country.

Additional Movements of the Serbian Armed Forces have been noted near the Kosovo Border with reports that some Units have begun to Withdraw from the “Line-of-Contact” while others including Recon Elements have moved closer to the Border.

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Wh6 Russia can’t be allowed to win, if they get away with it, others will follow.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...more-territory

‘Azerbaijan is hungry for land’: Armenians fear country will seek to grab more territory

It would appear the rapid response has had the desired effect….

”The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić stated earlier today that Serbia has “No Intention” on launching a Military Operation inside of Kosovo and that the number of Troops on the Border will continue to be Reduced, with an Escalation of the Conflict being Counterproductive for Belgrade's European Aspirations”.

https://www.koha.net/en/arboretum/39...ces-to-Kosovo/

Kosovo Police Director, General Gazmend Hoxha has announced that Intelligence has been received which shows that the Serbian Armed Forces are possibly preparing to Annex a number of Areas in Northern Kosovo near the Border and that the Attack last week in the Village of Banjska is part of the Initial Staging for this Operation.

​​​​​​​He further stated that the Operation in Banjska had a number of Short and Long-Term Goals, one of which being the Establishment of an Underground Network which would be used to bring Weapons and Paramilitary Soldiers into Northern Kosovo; the Kosovo Security Force has already Discovered multiple Stockpiles of Untouched Weapons near the Village since the Attack.

In addition to the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment which has already begun to arrive in Kosovo from their Base in Cyprus; the U.K. Secretary of Defense has announced that 500-1,000 Troops from the British Army will also arrive in Kosovo over the next week in order to Reinforce the NATO Peacekeeping Force in the Country, which already includes over 400 British Soldiers.

​​​​​​​The fallout from the west failing to sufficiently support Ukraine continues.

24 hours after signing a security agreement with Russia, Serbia's Vucic announces they will invade Kosovo at a time of their choosing.

The anti-aircraft missiles delivered last year are going to make it very interesting .

Strange, it was fine when his side was doing it?
I think it's for domestic use only. Of course, same could be said about Russia, difference is that Serbia has no power to actually do it. And, again different to Russia, is surrounded by NATO countries.

Trouble brewing across the Balkans…

Wall Street Journal

https://archive.is/2024.03.19-023554...lkans-02bdcc5a

Putin Wants War in the Balkans

Russia is exploiting ethnic tensions as Serbia threatens violence against Kosovo and secessionists threaten a Bosnian collapse.

This has even less chances of happening.

Perhaps, but I recall all those scoffing at the possibility of Putin actually ordering the invasion of Ukraine…

Even Zelensky stated publicly that Russia wouldn't invade.

I remember Paddy Ashdown saying that he expected the next Balkan conflagration about 20 years after the last one in the 1990s, which was just long enough for a generation that had never experienced it to grow into adulthood and for those that had experienced it to forget the horrors. That was 30 years ago, so we're overdue.

Perhaps it will also turn out the same way?
Putin may be able to encourage, to distract NATO, but can he materially assist in a meaningful way?

It's more a distraction than anything else.
Standard of living is going down, hard. Rulling idiots need something to distract the people.
Especially in case of Bosnia. Dodik pulls secession card every year when the going gets though.
Point is, they don't have the strength to pull it off.