UNMIK Media Observer, Afternoon Edition, June 18, 2025

Albanian Language Media:

Osmani: Kosovo ready to open new chapters of cooperation with Hungary (media)
Special prosecution: Besnik Bislimi was interviewed as a witness (media)
Bislimi: Purpose of interview was to produce media news (Koha)
Guerot: Path to NATO and EU goes through the Association (media)
Hargreaves hosts group of NGOs to discuss Kosovo’s democracy (media)
Maqedonci meets COMKFOR; discuss “regional and global security” (media)
Rizvanolli: Businesses did not prepare for energy market liberalization (media)
Svecla visits Croatia, discusses furthering cooperation in security (media)

Serbian Language Media:

Office for KiM: One more Serbian police officer from Kosovo detained, international community silent to persecution (Kosovo Online)
Bisevac: Kosovo MIA arbitrarily placed itself above courts and law (Danas)
Open letter from CSOs regarding concerns over Kosovo’s MIA practice (Alternativna, N1, social media)
Popovic: Along with Serbian police officers, their families were essentially expelled (Euronews Serbia)
Arsenijevic reacts to attempt of Leposavic municipality to change locks at some apartments allocated by Serbian Commissariat for Refugees (social media)
Four displaced families in fear they will be evicted from apartments in Leposavic (Radio KIM)
Kosovo Privatization Agency says they have no mandate to license or limit work of libraries (Kosovo Online)
Supreme Court repeals IMC amendment: Unlawful manner of amending Rules of Procedure (Radio KIM)
Young Bosniaks and Serbs in Kosovo create but still leave (KoSSev)

Opinion:

Kosovo can deepen US ties with cyber-defence and drone collaboration (BIRN)

International:

Kosovo court finds Serb guilty of wartime rape (Prishtina Insight)
Balkan states evacuate citizens from Israel amid escalating conflict (BIRN)
Simovic: Politicians won’t act on labor rights unless we make them (Kosovo 2.0)

Albanian Language Media

Osmani: Kosovo ready to open new chapters of cooperation with Hungary (media)

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said today that Kosovo is ready to open new chapters of cooperation with Hungary. She made the remarks after meeting the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, Laszlo Kover, during her stay in Budapest. “In my meeting with the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, Laszlo Kover, in Budapest, we discussed the importance of advancing the Kosovo-Hungary cooperation. Kosovo remains committed to opening new chapters in our partnership with Hungary, while preserving our historical ties and further strengthening the bonds between our peoples,” Osmani wrote in a post on X.

Special prosecution: Besnik Bislimi was interviewed as a witness (media)

The Special Prosecution of Kosovo said today that caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi was interviewed today as a witness in investigations related to the functioning of an animal by-products factory in Drenas. “The Special Prosecution is conducting investigations related to suspicions about the renting of the factory for processing animal by-products. As part of the investigations, Besnik Bislimi has been interviewed today by the Special Prosecution in the capacity of a witness. We are not able today to discuss further or give any details because the issue is in the initial phase of investigations,” a spokeswoman for the prosecution said.

Bislimi: Purpose of interview was to produce media news (media)

Kosovo’s caretaker Deputy Prime Minister, Besnik Bislimi, criticized the prosecution today for summoning him to an interview, saying that the information he gave to the prosecution could have been collected without an interview. “I was in the prosecution today where I was summoned as a witness in the prosecution’s investigations about the functioning of the factory for animal byproducts in Drenas. The interview lasted around one and half hours and during this time there was no question that can be qualified as a question for a witness. I also managed to confirm that all the information I presented today could have been collected very easily without needing an interview at all. A short study about the duties and responsibilities of the Deputy Prime Minister within the portfolio of European integration and a quick read of reports about our country by the European Commission through the years would have sufficed,” Bislimi said in a Facebook post.

According to Bislimi, the primary purpose of the interview was to produce a media news “where members of the government are included in headlines together with the term ‘scandal’”.

Guerot: Path to NATO and EU goes through the Association (media)

French Ambassador to Kosovo, Olivier Guerot, said on Wednesday that Kosovo’s path toward NATO and the European Union goes through the formation of the Association of Serb-majority municipalities. He said that the Association has been part of agreements since 2013 and that it was reiterated in the Ohrid agreement too. “When I say we won’t reinvent the wheel, there is what is called ‘the elephant in the room’ and that is the Association which is somehow being set aside. The way or the path toward NATO and EU will go through the formation of this Association. It would be disorienting to claim that this fact can be set aside. The Association has been part of the agreements since 2013 and onwards and then it was reiterated in the Ohrid agreement or mentioned there. It needs to be established, and it will be a concrete sign of Kosovo’s willingness to meet its obligations. The EU has tried to draft a kind of statute that is in line with the Constitution and if there is someone that can say whether it is in compliance with the Constitution that is the Constitutional Court therefore our suggestion has been to test the statute,” he said.

Hargreaves hosts group of NGOs to discuss Kosovo’s democracy (media)

UK Ambassador to Kosovo Jonathan Hargreaves said in a Facebook post that he hosted a group of non-governmental organizations to discuss Kosovo’s democracy. “I was grateful to learn from their experience and expertise. I admire civil society’s engagement with Kosovo‘s politicians to encourage them to take responsibility to resolve this deadlock so that a new Assembly and government can be formed and get on with vital business in the interests of the people of Kosovo,” he said.

Maqedonci meets COMKFOR; discuss “regional and global security” (media)

Kosovo’s caretaker Minister of Defense, Ejup Maqedonci, said he met today with the commander of KFOR, Major General Enrico Barduani, and discussed regional and global security. “We assessed as very important the participation of the Kosovo Security Force in the inter-institutional exercise between KSF, KFOR and Police – “Golden Sabre 25” organized by the NATO mission in Kosovo which has impacted in furthering our cooperation. I also expressed readiness to continue mutual coordination on issues of mutual interest within current developments and their impact on the security environment,” Maqedonci said in a Facebook post.

Rizvanolli: Businesses did not prepare for energy market liberalization (media)

Kosovo’s caretaker Minister of Economy, Artana Rizvanolli, said in an interview with ATV that the demands of businesses to postpone the liberalization of the energy market in Kosovo are ungrounded because the law on energy liberalization was adopted in 2016. “The law notes that only families and small businesses have the right to get supplied with regulated tariffs. Despite this, for eight years, the big businesses were supplied with regulated tariffs, although there was a law in force that said they don’t have the right to get supplied [with regulated tariffs],” she argued.

Rizvanolli said that another postponement of the market liberalization would result in increased tariffs for all citizens and small businesses. “It should be clear that there would have been another postponement that would result in higher tariffs for other customers. According to the Energy Regulatory Office, the increase would have been around 21 percent for all families and businesses, if these companies would not go out on the market as it should have happened seven years ago,” she said.

Svecla visits Croatia, discusses furthering cooperation in security (media)

Kosovo’s caretaker Minister of Interior Affairs, Xhelal Svecla, met in Croatia today with his counterpart and Deputy Prime Minister Davor Bozinovic. “The two ministers reaffirmed excellent relations especially in the area of security, emphasizing their commitment to further cooperation in the spirit of partnership and shared Euro-Atlantic values,” a statement issued by the Kosovo embassy in Croatia noted. Svecla’s visit to Zagreb is part of the Salzburg Forum ministerial as a platform for regional cooperation on challenges such as migration, extremism and organized crime.

Serbian Language Media

Office for KiM: One more Serbian police officer from Kosovo detained, international community silent to persecution (Kosovo Online)

One more Serbian police officer, from Kosovo, has been detained at Konculj crossing point, Office for Kosovo and Metohija said in a statement, adding it is “disgraceful that the entire international community remains silent to illegal expulsions and persecution of the Serbs”, Kosovo Online portal reported.

“One more Serbian police officer, J.A. from Strelica place, in Kosovska Kamenica municipality, had been detained as per instruction of Albin Kurti at Konculj administrative crossing. He is a family man, employed at police administration in Vranje, who had been commuting unobstructed for years between Kamenica and Vranje to work in central Serbia”, Office said in a statement.

The statement also said he was detained at Konculj crossing point, and then transferred to the so-called deportation centre in Pristina. The Office recalled this is the fifth case of politically motivated persecution against the Serbs over the last few days.

“They are the victims of politically motivated acts of the Pristina regime, which is violating its own regulation if it is about inflicting harm onto Serbs”, the Office for KiM said.

Bisevac: Kosovo MIA arbitrarily placed itself above courts and law (Danas)

Danas recalled the series of arrests of Serbian police officers living in Kosovo that followed the arrest of Arbnor Spahiu, a former member of the KLA and the Kosovo Special Police, in Serbia on June 7, suspected of serious murder in the "Banjska" case.

The media writes that the authorities in Serbia characterized the arrest of Serbian police officers as retaliation for that case.

Milija Bisevac, President of the Serbian People's Movement (SNP), said today that such actions must not take place.

"The forced deportation of Serbian police officers who live with their families in Kosovo and Metohija represents a brutal violation of basic human rights and another form of pressure that leads to the emigration of Serbs from their centuries-old homes," Bisevac claims. He emphasized that in those situations it was not about security risks, nor about evidence because, he added, there was none.

"There is not a single court act that would confirm any guilt of those people. On the contrary, the ministry in Pristina has arbitrarily placed itself above the courts and the law, which is a dangerous precedent and opens the door for further abuse," said the interviewee of Danas.

He stated that the complete lack of reaction from the EU and the international community worries because these were topics that Brussels should deal with.

"When one remains silent in the face of such attacks on rights and freedoms, then new incidents are directly encouraged and the crisis deepens," Bisevac pointed out and added that the SNP condemned those Pristina's moves with the full conviction that peace and coexistence in Kosovo was not possible if the Serbian people were treated as second-class citizens.

Therefore, they demanded responsibility and a return to the institutional order, in which the law will apply to everyone equally.

When asked if this move was an introduction to the campaign for the upcoming local elections, Bisevac claimed that everything the government and its ministers did has a political background.

"The entire campaign of the ruling party has been focused on the North of Kosovo for some time. In that dirty campaign, they are constantly violating the constitution and laws," Bisevac claimed.

He concluded that the goal was clear for all Albanian political factors and part of the international community - "fewer Serbs, fewer problems".

So far, the German Embassy in Kosovo, OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the UNMIK Mission have reacted from the international actors pointing out that they are "carefully monitoring" everything related to the case and emphasized the importance of adhering to the rule of law and international law.

The Serbian Democracy party also reacted to the deportation, which condemned the selective deprivation of citizenship of Serbs and pointed out that Kosovo violated two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and two articles of the Constitution of Kosovo.

"This creates a dangerous precedent, according to which ethnicity and political loyalty become criteria for measuring the right to citizenship, residence and civil rights. Serbs are thus placed in a position of constant doubt, without guarantees that the law will provide them with equal treatment," the SD stated.

Open letter from CSOs regarding concerns over Kosovo’s MIA practice (Alternativna, N1, social media)

After the deportation of Serbs from Kosovo who are members of the Serbian MIA, including one retired member, sixteen civil society organizations led by Kosovo Serbs sent an open letter to the Kosovo Ombudsperson Institution, the Council of Europe Office in Kosovo, the EU Office in Pristina, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM), UNMIK, and the organization for the protection of human rights (Civil Rights Defenders). They demand - the initiation of an independent investigation and evaluation of the legality of the deportations; examination of possible human rights violations of affected citizens; making recommendations to competent institutions in order to stop this practice and prevent similar cases in the future, reported portal Alternativna.

"In all cases, we are dealing with persons who have dual citizenship, that is, in addition to Kosovo, they also have the citizenship of the Republic of Serbia, which is allowed by the constitution and the law in Kosovo. According to information available to the public, the ministry justifies its decision by applying Article 24 of the Law on Citizenship from 2014, which enables the revocation of citizenship of those who, without prior permission from Kosovo, perform service in foreign security structures" - they state, adding that they express serious concern about the way this provision was implemented. The open letter reads:

“Dear Sir/Madam,

Civil society organizations working within the Serbian community in Kosovo are addressing you

with deep concern regarding recent actions by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, which

has carried out a series of deportations of Kosovo citizens of Serbian ethnicity with permanent

residence in Kosovo. In all cases, these individuals hold dual citizenship — in addition to Kosovo, they also possess citizenship of the Republic of Serbia — which is permitted under both the Constitution and applicable laws in Kosovo.

According to publicly available information, the Ministry has justified its actions by invoking Article 24 of the Law on Citizenship (2014), which allows for the revocation of citizenship from individuals who, without prior approval from Kosovo authorities, serve in foreign security structures.

In this regard, we express our serious concern over the manner in which this provision has been

applied:

● None of the affected individuals were formally stripped of their Kosovan citizenship prior to deportation. Despite being citizens of Kosovo, they were deported without a court decision, constituting a direct violation of the Constitution and international conventions guaranteeing the right to a fair trial (Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and prohibiting the expulsion of one’s own nationals (Article 3 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights).

● In addition to the unlawful deprivation of citizenship, these individuals were also banned from entering Kosovo for an extended period, without a trial or a final court judgment, thereby violating their right to freedom of movement, guaranteed under Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

● These actions were carried out without providing effective legal remedies with suspensive effect, contrary to the rights guaranteed under Articles 6 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

● The law was implemented in the aftermath of a politically and security-sensitive incident, further reinforcing the impression of politically motivated and selective enforcement of the law, void of any individual assessment of each case.

● The deportations have caused serious consequences for the families and communities of those affected, infringing upon their right to private and family life, guaranteed pursuant to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Attached to this letter is a legal memorandum containing excerpts from the international human rights instruments that form part of Kosovo’s legal framework, as well as relevant provisions of

the Constitution of Kosovo.

We request the following:

1. Launching an independent investigation and assessment of legality of the conducted deportations;

2. Examining potential violations of human rights of affected citizens;

3. Recommending competent institutions to cease this practice and prevent similar future cases.

We believe that the institutions and organizations we are addressing have a key role in upholding the rule of law and human rights in Kosovo, particularly in the context of increasing politicization and revoking of constitutionally guaranteed rights of non-majority communities.”

The letter's signatories are:

NGO Women’s Rights, NGO AKTIV, NGO CASA, NGO NSI, NGO InTER, NGO ACDC, NGO CPT, Avenue Business Women's Association, NGO CSD, NGO CSI, portal Gračanica Online, NGO EMEG, HERC (media), NGO FDMC, NGO Human Center Mitrovica, NGO CRLS.

Popovic: Along with Serbian police officers, their families were essentially expelled (Euronews Serbia)

Srdjan Popovic, Serbian List member said that with deportation of Serbs whose Kosovo documents were revoked, as they worked for Serbian Interior Ministry, but lived in Kosovo, their families have also been essentially expelled. Commenting on the summon sent to the Serbian List President Zlatan Elek, which has since been postponed, Popovic said the case represents politically motivated persecution, Euronews Serbia reported.

“This wasn’t just about arrests and deportations, or the revocation of documents. It’s a form of pressure on their families, because they are now banned from entering the region for the next five years – they cannot visit their families, children, or parents. So, we can conclude that, in a way, five families were also expelled”, Popovic explained.

He also conveyed the sense of shock among the Serbs in Kosovo over the indictment against Slavko Simic. “We were surprised that an indictment was raised against Slavko Simic. Everyone knows that from the beginning, he advocated for resolving issues between Serbs and Albanians through institutions. He lives there with his wife and four children, and his only ‘fault’ is that he defended our people at every step and was always present where needed”, Popovic said. He equally emphasized that the “persecution of Zlatan Elek is of a political nature.”

In conclusion, Popovic said outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s actions were politically driven but have a harmful effect on the Serbian community, which is being targeted.

“It’s obvious that Albin Kurti’s policies do not have the support of the international community, nor the support of the people living in Kosovo. He doesn’t have a majority in the Assembly, and with these moves - everyone believes - he’s trying to earn himself some political points”, Popovic explained.

Arsenijevic reacts to attempt of Leposavic municipality to change locks at some apartments allocated by Serbian Commissariat for Refugees (social media)

Serbian Democracy leader Aleksandar Arsenijevic reacted to the attempts of Leposavic municipal authorities to change to looks at some apartments allocated to displaced persons from Kosovo by the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees in a building built with the funds from Serbian Government. As Serbian media reported yesterday, a lock at one of the apartments was changed, while attempts to change the looks at three more apartments were thwarted by the people living in them.

“While Marina Bogojevic, the deputy of the illegitimate mayor of Leposavic, Lulzim Hetemi, acts like a local sheriff without legal basis, citizens are exposed to the seizure of apartments and brutal usurpation of property on a daily basis. Today, in her latest attempt, she tried to deceive families who had legally moved in through the Commissariat for Refugees in November last year – by trying to fraudulently change their locks and evict them from their homes.

Marina Bogojevic does not shy away from anything – she openly threatens and announces eviction with the assistance of the police, although it is clear to everyone that the Municipality of Leposavic has no legal basis, no paper, that would give it the right to dispose of the aforementioned apartments.

This is nothing more than planned eviction, politically motivated intimidation and plundering of real estate. Those who are politically unfit for her – who dared to file complaints about her lists – are now under direct attack.

We will not allow Marina Bogojevic to continue acting like the biggest local criminal – to demolish houses, seize apartments and persecute people who have already been persecuted once”, Arsenijevic said in a post on Facebook.

Four displaced families in fear they will be evicted from apartments in Leposavic (Radio KIM)

Residents in one of the two buildings, constructed with the funds of the Serbian Government, Commissariat for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council, are in fear these days that they will be evicted from apartments they received in November last year, Radio KIM.

Leposavic municipality has changed the lock at one of the apartments and told others they will come back. Marina Bogojevic, deputy mayor in Leposavic, said no measures will be undertaken, until the full verification process is completed.

The families in question are displaced persons who have lived in collective centers for years. The keys of 21 apartments were given to them by the Provisional Municipal Authority of Leposavic representatives, a body which has been closed now. Leposavic municipality, which claims to be responsible for the buildings now, requested 4 out of 21 families who have moved in, to give the apartments back, alleging that they have properties in central Serbia. Although they announced yesterday that they will come to evict these families, the municipal representatives did not come to the spot today.

Slobodan Spasic is a displaced person from Obilic. He lived for years in a collective centre in Leposavic with his wife and two children. Over the years children made their own families and moved away, while his wife died a few years ago. Sobodan remained alone in the collective center, where he was today as well. He received the keys of the apartment in November, and at the moment when Leposavic municipal officials came yesterday and changed the lock on his apartment, he was not present.

“I have heard yesterday afternoon that they broke my door, I had the key, and when I came and tried to unlock the apartment, I was not able to do so. I do not know who exactly broke my door. I live in a collective centre, and I will enter this apartment if allowed. I have been living here for 26 years, and I have deserved it (the apartment). When I went to Marina (Bogojevic) she told me – "you have fulfilled all conditions, but you were not there that one day”, Spasic said.

That one day was the moment when members of municipal commission were visiting potential beneficiaries of the apartments, Radio KIM reported.

In a written statement to Radio KIM, Marina Bogojevic claimed that the commission went on the field three times, but that Spasic, as she said, was not found in his collective center. “The Commission made a statement that he does not live at that address, but in Kraljevo at his own house”, she added.

However, Slobodan refuted that he has property in Kraljevo. He said it is the apartment of his son, who lives there with his own family. He also claimed the commission did not find him at the address in the collective centre once only. “Only once they did not find me, I called them the second day and told them I am here, come, but they did not want to come”. He also said he filed an appeal within the deadline to the municipal commission’s decision.

On the list of Danish Refugee Council, Radio KIM had insight to, the apartment to Slobodan Spasic was allocated, and Spasic also told the Radio that Donika, official of the Danish Refugee Council, confirmed the same news to him verbally. “We were all happy, however, you see what is happening now”, he added.

Aleksandra Subotic, a displaced person from Urosevac is also threatened with eviction. She entered the flat with her mother, two brothers and two nephews. The subotic family also lived in a collective center. She told Radio KIM municipality attempted to change the lock on their apartment yesterday but the attempt was thwarted as she informed them of having filed a complaint to the decision of municipal commission, adding they have no right to take action before official replay is received. She said the municipality claims that her and Bojic family have properties on their names in Leposavic, but she denied it, adding they submitted cadastre documents while applying for the apartments, which prove they have no property registered on their names.

Marina Bogojevic said no actions will be undertaken until the verification process is completed. According to her, these people were invited for meetings and a plea was extended to them to leave apartments peacefully, but that did not happen.

She also claimed that in addition to Spasic, Aleksandra Subotic, Milivoje Bojic and Eva Adzic do not meet requirements for apartments allocation and that they entered them bypassing the procedure.

Kosovo Privatization Agency says they have no mandate to license or limit work of libraries (Kosovo Online)

Kosovo Privatization Agency (KPA) said today the premises used by City Library Vuk Karadzic in Mitrovica North belonged to Jugodrvo enterprise and as such were socially owned and under KPA administration, adding that until now, as they said, it was used without regular lease or contract with KPA, Kosovo Online portal reported.

The KPA also said it offered the possibility to the current user to formalize the use of premises by signing agreement, which would enable further continuation of their work, stressing that cancellation of the use of the premises in no way imply ban on any business, cultural or informative activity.

“(…) KPA has no mandate to license or limit the work of libraries, educational or commercial activities, but it is exclusively authorized for legal administration of the socially owned properties in the interest of all citizens, without distinction”, reads the statement.

It was also said the KPA is waiting for a response from the current user if it wishes to sign the contract on using the premise. In case the user decides not to do so, KPA will, as the statement further said, enable and fully support relocation of the books and materials which are currently in the premises.

The Kosovo Online portal recalled that City Library Vuk Karadzic in Mitrovica North was closed on May 21 and the seal of Kosovo Privatization Agency placed on its entrance.

Supreme Court repeals IMC amendment: Unlawful manner of amending Rules of Procedure (Radio KIM)

Kosovo Supreme Court accepted the lawsuit filed by Kosovo Institute for Justice against the Independent Media Commission (NMK), declaring the amendment of the Rules of Procedure of this institution unlawful, Radio KIM reported.

By decision of the court, this amendment was repealed.

The decision says Independent Media Commission while amending the Rules of Procedure violated law, as it did not adopt amendment in line with procedure regulated by the law on Independent Media Commission, which envisages such acts be adopted in the form of administrative instructions.

This court decision, according to the Kosovo Institute of Justice, confirms that the Independent Media Commission acted contrary to the law, and that changes related to the Commission's powers and actions must be in accordance with formal legal procedures.

Young Bosniaks and Serbs in Kosovo create but still leave (KoSSev)

In a community still haunted by wartime memories, political tension, and economic uncertainty, culture and art struggle to survive. Yet, it’s precisely here—in these cracks—that the most compelling stories emerge: stories of young people refusing silence, replacing it with voices of creativity, dialogue, and community.

In Mitrovica and the Peja/Peć region, two cultural leaders—Miljana Dunđerín of the private cultural center “Akvarijus” in northern Mitrovica and Redža Kojić of the “Young Volunteers” organisation in Vitomirica—are working daily to embed art in young people’s lives, overcoming ethnic, linguistic, and institutional barriers. But as Kosovo’s youth continue to leave, the critical question remains: for whom are they creating now?

Both opened up in the latest and final episode of KoSSev’s series “Let Me Ask You, Neighbour,” filmed from KoSSev’s studio in northern Mitrovica and Radio Goraždevac.

“Leaders need to put their finger on their smart—or not so smart—heads and see what they’ve caused. Youth aren’t being asked about how they’ll live. We must give them space for freedom; that’s how they survive, through happiness and satisfaction.”

Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/3rutuhnd

Opinion

Kosovo can deepen US ties with cyber-defence and drone collaboration (BIRN)

Opinion by Chris J. Dolan.

Kosovo should take a leaf out of Montenegro’s book and work with the United States on cyber defence and drone technologies.

In late May, Montenegro approved a letter of intent to initiate domestic drone production in partnership with US-based By Light Professional IT Services and associate company 4WINDS, with Montenegrin firms such as Tara Aerospace and Poliex to produce and test the drones.

The roughly $15 million deal will enhance Montenegro’s defence sector, help the country meet its NATO commitments, and establish Podgorica as a dependable provider of advanced drones like the HALO-6 VTOL, which has a cargo capacity of 27.2 kg and a flight duration of up to 10 hours, and is engineered for aerial and underwater operations.

The initial cohort of drones manufactured under this deal is designated for donation to Ukraine, cementing Montenegro’s position as a reliable US defence partner.