Russian soldier killed in Kosovo

Pristina - The Norwegian commander of NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo said yesterday that a Russian soldier shot dead on Wednesday…

Pristina - The Norwegian commander of NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo said yesterday that a Russian soldier shot dead on Wednesday was the first in Kfor to die in a military-style attack and he vowed a "robust response".

The Russian was killed when his unit came under fire while marking the administrative boundary between Kosovo and Serbia. Moscow has blamed the attack on ethnic Albanian guerrillas.

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