Operation Return (2001)

Operation Return
	Part of the Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
	; A map of the Eastern part of the Ground Safetu Zone (UÇPMB-controlled territory peak up to the yellow line)
Date	14 March 2001 – 1 June 2001
Location	Ground Safety Zone, FR Yugoslavia
Result	Končulj Agreement UÇPMB disbanded; Low intensity skirmishes continue;
Territorial; changes	FR Yugoslavia regains control of demilitarized Ground Safety Zone
Belligerents
File:UCPMB logo.svg UÇPMB	File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
File:UCPMB logo.svg Muhamet Xhemajl Surrendered; File:UCPMB logo.svg Ridvan Qazimi †; File:UCPMB logo.svg Shaqir Shaqiri Surrendered; File:UCPMB logo.svg Mustafa Shaqiri Surrendered	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ninoslav Krstić; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Radosavljević; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Čović
Strength
File:UCPMB logo.svg 1,600 militants	Serbia and Montenegro 3,500 personnel; 100 JSO members
Casualties and losses
File:UCPMB logo.svg 300–350 militants surrendered	Serbia and Montenegro 1+ armored carrier damaged

Operation Return was an operation carried by the FR Yugoslavia against the UÇPMB during the insurgency in the Preševo Valley. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Yugoslav forces and the annexation of the Demilitarized Zone on the Serb-Kosovar border.

Aftermath

After the Presevo valley conflict, low intensity skirmishes happened occasionally with the most recent one being in 2014 by a suspected Wahhabi member on the Serbian Gendarmery. Those skirmishes eventually led to the Crisis in the Preševo valley.