After 3 months of continuous NATO bombing, 4th June saw the Serbian Parliament accept a G8 peace agreement. Talks between Serbian and NATO generals for the Serbian withdrawal from Kosovo began on 5th June at an Albanian border town and the Serbian evacuation of Kosovo was to be completed within seven days. NATO bombing continued until evidence of Serbian withdrawal was confirmed. 6th June saw a detachment of the Parachute Regiment leave for the Balkans as the first reinforcements for the NATO peacekeeping force when the peace plan went ahead.

The Serbian military continued to stall the peace plan, and on Tuesday 8^th June, G8 countries drafted a peace proposal and Russia offered troops for the peace implementation force but NATO bombing continued.

Serbia finally signed the G8 peace plan on Thursday 10^th June after 79 days of continuous air strikes, and NATO air strikes were suspended on Friday. In the early hours of Saturday, Russian troops reached Pristina, while British troops were delayed waiting for US troops to reach the Kosovo border.
 

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NATO troops, spearheaded by the British and French, entered Kosovo at 4.10am (British time) with Ghurkhas and Parachute Regiment troops being airlifted into position above the roads leading to Pristina. The armoured core was spearheaded by a reconnaissance element of the Royal Hussars, aided by Combat Engineers and delays were experienced in the advance by booby traps and mines. NATO helicopters covered the entire advance.

When the British Paratroopers of 1st and 3rd Battalions, the Parachute Regiment, reached the Kosovoan capital of Pristina, they found Russian troops already in control of the capital's airport where KFOR commander, General Michael Jackson, intended to set up his headquarters. Tensions between NATO and Russian troops continued as NATO attempted to find a solution for Russian participation in the KFOR mission. Phoenix UAVs were also deployed by the British Army for tactical reconnaissance and artillery targeting.

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The British Army deployed these units or part of these units to Macedonia and Kosovo as part of the extraction force and initial KFOR deployment.

Headquarters
HQ Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps
3rd UK Division HQ and Signal Regiment
4 Armoured Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron
5 Airborne Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron
101 Logistic Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron
Royal Armoured Corps
Household Cavalry Regiment
King's Royal Hussars
  A Coy 1st Bn The Royal Highland Fusiliers were attached to KRH Battle Group, having arrived from Fallingbostel Germany with their Warrior Fighting Vehicles at 3 weeks NTM. They subsequently crossed the Macedonia/Kosovo Border on D-Day 12 June 99 pushing north until reaching the town of Podujevo in the north of the country. After establishing a Coy location in the Metal Factory at Podujevo (after kicking the Serbs out) they then were to become responsible for this most northern AOR of the British Army (bordering Serbia) until being relieved 7 months later in Dec 99.
The Royal Artillery Regiment
4th Regiment Royal Artillery
5th Regiment Royal Artillery
7th (Parachute) Regiment Royal Artillery
12th Regiment Royal Artillery
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery
47th Regiment Royal Artillery
Corps of Royal Engineers
21 Squadron 33 EOD Engineer Regiment
9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
21 Engineer Regiment
7 HQ Squadron, 21 Engineer Regiment
26 Armoured Engineer Squadron
1 Field Squadron
28 Engineer Regiment
64 HQ Squadron
42 Field Squadron
65 Field Park Squadron
1(UK) Armoured Division CRE
527 Specialist Team Royal Engineers
14^th Topographical Squadron Royal Engineers
69 Ghurkha Squadron Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals
HQ 1 Signals Brigade
2 Signal Regiment
7 Signal Regiment
14 Signal Regiment
16 Signal Regiment
21 Signal Regiment
30 Signal Regiment
204 Signal Regiment
210 Signal Regiment
Army Tactical Computer System Support Team
604 Signal troop
Infantry
1st King's Own Royal Border Regiment
1st Irish Guards
1st Green Howards
1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
1st Battalion Parachute Regiment
1st Battalion Royal Ghurkha Rifles
Army Air Corps
659 Squadron AAC
Royal Logistic Corps
101 Logistics Brigade
29 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
27 Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
23 Brigade Support Squadron, 2 Close Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
77 HQ Squadron
91 Supply Squadron, 9 Supply Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
19 Tank Transporter Regiment
8 Transport Squadron
17 Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
23 Pioneer Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
98 Postal and Courier Squadron Royal Logistic Corps
Royal Army Medical Corps
2 Armoured Field Ambulance
5 Field Ambulance
22 Field Hospital
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Band
Household and Light Dragoons Band
Royal Military Police
4 Armoured Brigade Provost Company
Tactical Air Control Party
HQ 1 Group