NATO peacekeepers (incl. US troops) secure Kosovo town halls in standoff with Serb protesters

[mountaineer]

Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
BREAKING: NATO troops have taken over buildings in Kosovo. American troops and American money.
We went from peace and progress under Trump to chaos and troop occupation under Biden.
Biden is so weak.

NATO peacekeepers secure Kosovo town halls in standoff with Serb protesters
Reuters
May 29, 20235:36 AM EDT  Updated 4 hours ago

   o  Serbs reject new ethnic Albanian mayors after vote boycott
   o  Kosovo police repel Serbs trying to break into town hall
   o  US rebukes Kosovo for imposing mayors in mainly Serb area

LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo, May 29 (Reuters) - NATO peacekeeping soldiers formed security cordons around four town halls in Kosovo on Monday to keep back Serbs protesting at ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in a Serb majority area after elections they boycotted.

In Zvecan, one of the towns, Kosovo state police - staffed entirely by ethnic Albanians after all Serbs quit the force last year - sprayed pepper gas to repel a crowd of Serbs who broke through a security barricade and tried to force their way into the municipality building, witnesses said.

In Leposavic, close to the border with Serbia, U.S. peacekeeping troops in anti-riot gear placed barbed wire around the municipality building to protect it from hundreds of angry Serbs gathering nearby. ...

[GtHawk]

Why in the hell are US troops still there? Democrats love to have are troops in Serbia, first Wilson then BJ Clinton after which no one exited and brought them all home and now it looks like more may die under Brandon.

[mountaineer]

Why in the hell are US troops still there? Democrats love to have are troops in Serbia, first Wilson then BJ Clinton after which no one exited and brought them all home and now it looks like more may die under Brandon.

Don't we just love those never-ending undeclared wars? 

[mountaineer]

Kosovo Serbs Continue Protests Against New Mayors in North
Kosovo Serbs in the mainly Serb north protested against their newly elected mayors on Monday, as the EU and US called on Kosovo's authorities not to use force to secure disputed municipal premises.
by Xhorxhina Bami, Adelina Ahmeti and Shkodrane Dakaj
May 29, 202312:52

Kosovo Serbs gathered in front of municipal buildings in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo early on Monday, protesting against newly elected ethnic Albanian mayors, while Kosovo Police and NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, upped their presence to secure the area.

Meanwhile, in the capital, Pristina, the newly elected mayors of Zvecan, Ilir Peci, and of Zubin Potok, Izmir Zeqiri, met the EU Ambassador in Kosovo, Tomas Szunyog, and US Ambassador, Jeffrey Hovenier.  ...

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Armchair Warlord
@ArmchairW

This is a huge mass casualty event and a serious escalation on the ground in Kosovo.
Apparently 41 KFOR soldiers and 50+ Serbs injured in a clash involving improvised grenades and some amount of gunfire.

https://twitter.com/CatEmporor/status/1663205965896773632