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20.20 - Hashim Thaci said in an address to his countrymen, which directly transmits RTV Kosovo, says that tomorrow, with the assistance of KFOR and EULEX to take Brnjak and Jarinje.
Russia warned Thursday that any government takeover of border crossings in a flashpoint zone of Kosovo could lead to new "bloodshed" in the disputed territory.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon also joined international calls for calm in Kosovo ahead of a Security Council meeting called by Russia.
"This is a very dangerous situation," Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said of events along the north Kosovo border with Serbia.
"There is a real danger of conflict and bloodshed because the international presence, is, according to our information, together with the Pristina authorities, planning for a forceful takeover operation in northern Kosovo which is a very bad thing," Churkin told reporters.
A NATO force currently mans the border crossings on Kosovo's northern border in a zone dominated by the ethnic Serbian community. The prime minister of Kosovo's ethnic-Albanian dominated government, Hashim Thaci, has said however that government forces would take control of the border posts on Friday.
An ethnic Albanian policeman was killed in clashes after incidents at the border posts in July.
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02:36 - Russia took the word four times during the session of the Council bazbednosti. France has accused Belgrade to artificially cause a crisis.
Српски Народни Покрет 1389 - Srpski Narodni Pokret 1389 13:57 Пре 20 минута амерички кфор је на Јарињу пуцао на Србе, бојевом муницијом . Троје људи је повређено. Информација је са лица места.
Serbian Peoples Movement 1389: 13:57 GMT+1 Belgrade timezone: 20 minutes ago American forces KFOR opened fire on Serbs in Jarinje, live ammo. Three people injured. Information from the scene.