Friday 14th May


0900CET


OPERATION ALLIED FORCE UPDATE


NATO yesterday continued its intensive campaign against Serb forces in
Kosovo, with the highest overall sortie rate
in a 24-hour period of the campaign so far, with 679 sorties completed.


Throughout the period, attacks concentrated on Milosevic's forces on the
ground including tanks, armoured and other military vehicles, troops,
assembly areas, and artillery pieces, with particularly heavy strikes early
in the day
around Prizren and during the night around the Stimlje area. A SA-6
surface to air missile battery was also hit,
along with several radars.


Strategic targets included:


Power generation facilities at:


· Veliki Crljeni
· Obrenovac
· Nis
· Drmno
· Novi Sad


Airfields at:


· Ponikve
· Sjenica
· Pristina


Military radio relay sites at:


· Kosovska Mitrovica
· Uroseva
· Kosjeric


Highway bridges at:


· Vrbas
· Orlate


Border posts at:


· Cestak
· Knjazevac


Petroleum storage site at:


· Pirane


Munitions storage site at:


· Valjevo


All NATO aircraft returned safely. One unmanned reconnaissance drone was lost over Kosovo.
The cause of the crash is still being investigated.