Two Russian peacekeepers were shot and injured in the provincial Kosovo capital Pristina early today, a spokesman for the NATO-led peacekeeping force said.
The KFOR spokesman said four Kosovo Albanians were involved in the incident outside a Pristina nightclub and that one of them was also shot and wounded. A third Russian soldier at the scene was unhurt.
The injured peacekeepers were taken to a Russian field hospital near Pristina and Russian military police were investigating the case, the spokesman said.
Giving a different version, a statement by the Russian KFOR contingent later said only one Russian soldier was injured.
It said the three soldiers were off duty, in civilian clothes and without weapons at the time of the incident, which it said took place in a bar. It said they had been provoked.
Russian troops are part of the 43,000-strong KFOR multi-national peacekeeping force deployed in the province.