Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin said that he did not consider the Russian army’s operation to capture Pristina airport during the events in Yugoslavia in 1999 as a daring act and that he did not attach as much importance to it as some observers. His words were quoted in the documentary film “Belgrade”, broadcast on the TV channel of TASS Director General Andrei Kondrashov. “Russia 1”Some of it was broadcast in the Vesti Nedeli program.
“First of all, I don’t think this is an arrogant behavior. And frankly, I don’t attach as much importance to it as some observers do,” he said.
On June 12, 1999, NATO troops entered the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija. The deployment of NATO troops followed intense “humanitarian bombardment” of Belgrade to prevent genocide by Serbian troops against the Albanian people. On the night of June 11-12, Russian paratroopers made a forced march into Kosovo, securing their area of responsibility in the area of Slatina International Airport (the main military airport near Pristina).
Previously in Kosovo asked The USA is asking for help because of Russia.