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The [[Kosovo War]] ended on 11 June 1999, and a joint NATO-Russian peacekeeping force was to be installed in [[Kosovo and Metohija|Kosovo]]. Russia had expected to receive a peacekeeping sector independent of NATO, and was angered when this was refused. There was concern that a separate Russian sector might lead to a partition of Kosovo between a [[Serbs|Serb]]-controlled north and [[Albanians|Albanian]] south.<ref name=jacksonA>{{cite book |title=Soldier |first=Mike |last=Jackson |publisher=Transworld Publishers |date=2007 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/soldierautobiogr00jack/page/216 216–254] |isbn=9780593059074 |url=https://archive.org/details/soldierautobiogr00jack/page/216 }}</ref>
The [[Allied Rapid Reaction Corps]] (ARRC) deployed to [[Skopje]] in the then [[Republic of North Macedonia|FYR Macedonia]] during early March 1999. The purpose was to provide unified [[NATO]] command for several national contingents including a United States battalion which had been in North Macedonia for some years, together with newly arrived British, German, French and Italian battalions. The force was known as [[Kosovo Force]] (KFOR). The commander of KFOR was British Lieutenant General [[Mike Jackson (British Army officer)|Mike Jackson]], with three star rank. His superior officer was US Admiral [[James O. Ellis]], NATO commander
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