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	24 May–31 May 2001
Location	Ground Safety Zone, FR Yugoslavia
Result	Yugoslav victory Končulj Agreement; UÇPMB militants volunteerely surrender to Yugoslavia and KFOR due to Čović's Plan; UÇPMB disbanded; Low intensity skirmishes continue; Amnesty for UÇPMB members/militants; Return of the valley's sectors A, B, C and D to Yugoslavia;
Territorial; changes	FR Yugoslavia regains control of demilitarized Ground Safety Zone (580 sq km, 220 sq mi)
Belligerents
UÇPMB; Albanian National Army;	FR Yugoslavia; Supported by:; Kosovo Force (KFOR);
Commanders and leaders
Muhamet Xhemajli ; (North zone commander); Ridvan Qazimi †; (Center zone commander); Njazi Azemi (DOW); (115th Brigade commander); Shaqir Shaqiri ; (South zone commander 1999-2001); Mustafa Shaqiri ; (South zone commander 2001); Bardhyl Osmani ; (113th Brigade commander);	Ninoslav Krstić; (Commander of the Joint Security Forces); Nebojša Pavković; (Chief of the General Staff); Goran Radosavljević; (Head of the Police of Serbia); Nebojša Čović; (Head of Coordination Center for Southern Serbia); Milorad Ulemek; (Head of the JSO);
Strength
1,600 militants	3,500 personnel; 100 JSO members; 100 SAJ members
Casualties and losses
300–350 militants surrendered (As of May 24)	1+ armored carrier damaged (As of May 24)

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