On Monday, December 26, Serbia brought its armed forces to full combat readiness.. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Serbia Milos Vucevic, noting that the order to bring the army to a state of combat readiness was issued by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, the Dnevnik newspaper reports..

“The President of Serbia, as Commander-in-Chief, ordered tonight to bring the Serbian Armed Forces to the highest level of combat readiness, that is, readiness for the level of use of armed force,” Vucevic said, adding that there is no reason to panic, but there is something to worry about.

He also noted that the reason for this is that allegedly the Kosovo authorities are preparing to attack the barricades of the Serbs in the north of Kosovo and take.

“This raises us to a high level of action by the Serbian army, protecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and protecting all citizens of Serbia, as well as preventing pogroms and terror against Serbs wherever they live,” he said..

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Publication N1 also reported, according to eyewitnesses, that Serbia is pulling to the border with Kosovo. We are talking about the deployment of six NORA B-52 self-propelled howitzers and military police units near the village of Rudnitsy, which is located two kilometers from the village of Yarinje in Kosovo. The publication also published a video of the equipment column.

Recall that on December 10, groups of Serbs in the north of Kosovo erected barricades on the roads leading to the border crossings with Serbia.. With this action, they responded to the arrest of a former Serbian policeman suspected of attacking officials of the Central Electoral Commission of Kosovo. They demand the release of Serbs arrested during the protests, the withdrawal of " Kosovo authorities say they have the capacity to remove the barricades, but give time to the NATO KFOR mission to convince the local community to open the roads themselves.

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the barricades would be removed when the Association of Serbian-majority municipalities was formed.. The authorities of Kosovo oppose the formation of this association on the grounds that there cannot be a single-ethnic association in Kosovo and this is not in accordance with the Constitution.

Kosovo declared independence in 2008. At the same time, Serbia considers the region to be its territory.. Kosovo's independence is recognized by half of the UN countries, including the United States and most of the EU and NATO countries. Ukraine and Russia did not recognize the independence of Kosovo.

All participants in the next aggravation between Serbia and Kosovo understand that a military clash cannot be allowed. After all, it will be a war not so much between Serbia and Kosovo, but between Serbia and Kosovo and NATO. What the end of his political career will mean for the Serbian president - at best. But steps towards war have been taken. Apparently, not without the help of Russia. Read more in Vladimir Tsybulnik's article \?