| Conflict: | Operation MH-2 |
| Partof: | the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia |
| Date: | 8 May 2001 |
| Place: | Kumanovo, Lipkovo, Macedonia |
| Result: | Operation halted due to civilian presence in the conflict area
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| Combatant2: | NLA |
| Commander1: | Boris Trajkovski Ljubčo Georgievski Pande Petrovski Ljube Boškoski Risto Galevski |
| Commander2: | Fadil Nimani Xhezair Shaqiri Jakup Asipi Nazmi Sulejmani Jetullah Qarri |
| Units1: | |
| Units2: | 114th Brigade |
| Strength1: | Unknown number of soldiers 3 tanks 460 police officers |
| Strength2: | Unknown |
| Casualties1: | 2 soldiers killed 1 captured[1] (later released)[2] |
Operation MH-2 (Macedonian: Операција МХ-2) was a military operation[3] in the Kumanovo-Lipkovo region during the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.
Macedonian forces started to demine the fields at 8 a.m. and attacked with one mechanized battalion with support of artillery[4] villages: Slupčane, Ljubodrag, Lopate and Orizare.
At around 2 p.m., the operation was stopped by orders of Boris Trajkovski over the phone call to general Pande Petrovski.[5]
The Macedonian army claimed that 30 militants were killed.[6] [7] [8]