Albin Kurti recalls Ukrainian police who had died 14 years earlier after an intervention in the North

He had suffered serious injuries during a UNMIK and KFOR intervention on March 17th 2008, when they entered to free the District and Municipal Court in northern Mitrovica, which had been usurped by about 300 armed Serb protesters. The following day he died of his wounds.

“Protesters coming from the ranks of the illegal structures of Serbia, on that day had guns and other explosive devices that the police attacked. Among the 88 military and police officials of KFOR and UNMIK, who were injured or injured, was the police officer. UNMIK from Ukraine, Ihor China. On March 18, 2008, the day after the attack, the 26-year-old Ukrainian died as a result of the severe injuries on March 17,”, Kurti wrote on Facebook.

He left behind his mother, father, and sister, and his grave today near the city of Ternopil, in a village west of Ukraine. In his high school, he was awarded a memorial memorial in honour of his service to the United Nations mission in Kosovo”.

Kurti recalled the event, saying that criminal groups of Serbia's illegal security structures carried out the attack on 17 March 2008. He added that this case was later handled by EULEX, who has filed charges against six suspects: Marjan Ilinciq, Zoran Caviq, Dragan Milojevic, Aleksandar Akentinjevic, Nebojsa Jovovic and Avni Krasniqi.

And if we're remembering and honoring the new Ukrainian police officer Ihor Chinl, we hope his family will be healthy and we'll re-focus our admiration and solidarity with the people of Ukraine and his liberation fight against the aggression of Russian invasion”.