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US Calls on Serbia to Withdraw Troops Near KosovoWashington seeks de-escalation; Aleksandar Vucic denies that larger Serbian units were assembled along the Kosovo border.
- Three Serbian attackers and a Kosovo police officer were killed in the attack in Banjska.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Aleksandar Vucic, urging de-escalation and implementation of the normalization agreement.
- John Kirby described an unprecedented artillery and tank buildup, while Vucic denied that larger Serbian units were massed at the border.
- NATO approved additional forces for Kosovo without specifying numbers; KFOR has about 4,500 troops from 27 NATO countries and partner states.
We call on Serbia to withdraw these troops from the border.— John Kirby, Communications Director of the National Security Council, said in Washington.
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