Serbia put its troops on full alert Tuesday after heavily armed police in northern Kosovo entered Serb-populated Mitrovica, firing tear gas and arresting nearly two dozen people. Ninety per cent of the population in northern Kosovo are Serbs who don't want to be part of independent Kosovo. Vucic said he has ordered soldiers near the border to be on "combat alert" to protect Serbs if tensions escalate. UN appeals for calm, NATO monitoring situationUNMIK said the pair were still in the custody of Kosovar officials, and a spokesperson called for their release. Russia's Foreign Ministry has said one of the UN employees is Russian and condemned Kosovo for stoking tensions with neighbouring Serbia.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2019 12:56 UTC