Rugova said the situation in Kosova continued to be grave and dangerous amidst the unrelenting Serbian military and police actions in separate parts of the country. He pressed for urgent pressure on Belgrade to bring an end to its offensive operations against the people of Kosova.

Regarding the Accords negotiated last month at Rambouillet, France, President Rugova said most of the political forces and the people of Kosova approve the deal and press that its implementation, once it is concluded, be carried out by NATO troops.

A column of Serbian military, including tanks and other combat equipment, left the village of Bukosh heading towards Mihaliq village today morning.

In the wake of the recent Serbian military offensive in the area, only a few elderly Albanians remain in their homes in some of the villages, sources said, giving the names of some of them.

A paralyzed Albanian, Ramadan S. Zeneli (78), died two days ago in his home village of Resnik. He could not leave the village during the Serbian crackdown there.

The village of Brusnik was shelled yesterday, sources said, adding that Serbian forces occupied the house of Bislim Shaqiri there.

Meanwhile, sources said Serbian military personnel occupied Albanian houses in Pirç village of Mitrovica yesterday.

Hundreds of Albanians have fled their homes, leaving behind everything, including their livestock.

Smoke was billowing also from the houses of the Kollari family compound at Brusnik village of Vushtrri.

At 10:20 CET, Serbian forces started shelling the village of Pustenik, also in the municipality of Hani i Elezit. There has been no immediate word on casualties.

One UÇK (Kosova Liberation Army) soldier was killed and four others wounded during heavy fighting with Serbian forces in the neighboring municipality of Kaçanik yesterday (Monday), the Albanian TV (RTSH) reported.

Heavy Serbian military troops have been stationed just past noon today in two locations, 'Krivarekë' and 'Uji i thartë', along the Hani i Elezit-Kaçanik roadway, local LDK sources said. Two Serb military airplanes flew over the Kaçanik area today, they added.

In the aftermath of the Serbian military and police offensive operations in Gorancë and several other villages in the municipality of Kaçanik, some 5.000 Albanians - mostly women, children and elderly - who have been driven from their homes have been assembled only one kilometer away from the Kosova-FYROM border at the Glloboçicë village, near the Jazhincë border crossing, the Prishtina-based Kosova Sot daily said. The Kosova Albanian refugees have been intent on crossing over to neighboring FYROM in search of safety, but have been prevented from moving there by the Serb police.

Smoke has been reported billowing from the Kaçanik villages of Ivajë, Gajre and Strazhë, which have been the target of Serbian military attacks.

Serbian police told Adnan's family he would be released today. He was not released, though. Meanwhile, eye-witnesses have told the Prishtina-based Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) today they had seen Adnan's car near a garbage dumping ground in Kodra e Trimave neighborhood in Prishtina.