Daily Beast: Not Now, Europe. Second War Threatens to Explode
As Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine heads towards its one-year anniversary, another European flashpoint is in danger of reigniting a second war on the continent.
Kosovo was at the center of the last all out-war in Europe in the late ‘90s and tensions there have never fully dissipated.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has this week put his army on its “highest level of combat readiness” to protect ethnic Serbian areas in northern Kosovo he says are under threat from Kosovo. Vucic says his military will “take all measures to protect our people and preserve Serbia.”
On December 10, ethnic Serbs in the north erected nine roadblocks that essentially divide the area where some 50,000 ethnic Serbs live, angering the Kosovo government in Pristina, which is led by an Albanian majority.
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WNU Editor: This is one of those situations where everyone should be talking de-escalation. Instead, it is the opposite.
More News On The Growing Tensions Between Serbia And Kosovo
Kosovo: Serbia puts troops on high alert over rising tensions -- BBC
Tensions Rise in Northern Kosovo as Local Serbs Block Roads, Serbia Puts Army on Alert -- Reuters
Serbs put up new roadblocks, Serbian troops at ready as tensions soar in divided Kosovo -- ABC News Australia
Ethnic Serbs erect more roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo -- Al Jazeera
Kosovan minister says Serbia aims to destabilise the country -- Reuters