 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1998, Hondo yeKosovo yakatanga muKosovo, dunhu rakazvimirira reSerbia. Boka ravaAlbania vorudzi rakazivikanwa seKosovo Liberation Army rakatsvaka kuzvimiririra, richitanga kurwisa mauto eSerbia. Mukudzvinyirira kurwiswa kwacho, mauto eSerbia akabatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe wokuchenesa dzinza mukurwisana navanhu veAlbania. Kunyange zvazvo vatungamiriri veNATO vakanga vasingadi kubatanidzwa, uye Russia yakatyisidzira kuisa vheti pachisarudzo chipi nechipi cheSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose chaibvumidza chiito chechiuto, vazhinji vavapi vamazano vaClinton vakadaidzira kubatanidzwazve muBalkans. Achitarisira kumanikidza zvakare Milošević kupinda munhaurirano dzorugare, Clinton akarayira nhimbe yokuputikakurwisa mauto eSerbia muna March 1999. Sezvo Milošević akaramba kukundikana, NATO yakawedzera kurwisa mabhomba, zvichiguma nokuparadzwa kweguta guru reSerbia reBelgrade. Sezvo kushorwa kwepamba kutungamira kwake kwakakura, Milošević akabvuma kubvisa mauto uye kubvumira NATO-inotungamirwa neuto rekuchengetedza runyararo kuti riiswe muKosovo. Chimiro cheKosovo chaizopokanidzwa mumakore akatevera, nepo Milošević akadonhedzwa muna Gumiguru 2000. 