So NATO peacekeeping troops, hosted by Kosovo citizens 24 years ago

June 12th in Kosovo is marked as Kosovo Freedom or Liberation Day.

NATO peacekeeping troops enter Kosovo after the North Atlantic Alliance's air campaign against Serb targets in Kosovo and Serbia, which lasted 78 days.

The bombings were suspended on June 10, 1999, following the approval of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. The resolution was a compromise of five permanent members of the Security Council.

Under the resolution in Kosovo was the UN provisional administration established, UNMIK, to manage with the war-torn country, for a transition period until the establishment of local capacities and resolution of Kosovo's status.

A day before the entry of peacekeeping troops was signed the Kumanovo Technical Agreement, envisioning the withdrawal of all Serb forces from Kosovo and the entry of NATO's international troops into Kosovo.

The full withdrawal of Serbian troops ended on June 20, 1999.

With the entry of international troops enabled the return of over 800,000 refugees, displaced persons inside and outside Kosovo.

More than 13,000 people have been killed in the 1998-99 war, and more than 6,000 found.

Hundreds of Albanians killed by Kosovo have been found in mass cemetery in Serbia. Their troops are said to have been borne by Serb forces in order to conceal crimes.

According to the data, over 1,600 people are still considered undiscovered.

Twenty-three years after entering Kosovo, the number of KFOR troops has been reduced and currently in the country has more than 3,700 troops from 28 countries around the world.