The KFOR commander visits the injured soldiers, this is the strong message he gives

"Be proud of what you did, you acted in full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 1999, intervening between two opposing sides and preventing a clash that would have certainly led to a large number of civilian victims", said Ristuccia to the injured soldiers, according to the KFOR announcement.

The injured Italian soldiers will return to Italy in the coming days for recovery, according to the announcement of the Italian Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto.

Meanwhile, the day before, Ristuccia together with Admiral Stuart B. Munsch, commander of the Allied Joint Forces Command in Naples, visited the injured Hungarian soldiers.

On May 29, KFOR intervened against Serbian protesters in Zveçan, after they initially disobeyed calls to disperse.

Protesters clashed with KFOR troops, and in addition to 30 injured soldiers, dozens of protesters were also reported injured.

On Tuesday, KFOR announced that three of the soldiers received gunshot wounds, while the other 27 soldiers have various injuries, but that all have non-life-threatening injuries.

During his visit to KFOR, Admiral Munsch met the injured Italian and Hungarian soldiers and "praised them for their professionalism, courage and self-control in addressing the violence".

KFOR said it intervened in Zveçan "to avoid clashes between the parties and to minimize the risk of escalation" and that the peacekeepers "prevented threats to the lives of Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians".

Since May 26, tensions have increased in the north of Kosovo, since on that same day, the new leaders of Zveçan, Leposaviq and Zubin Potok - all Albanians - entered the municipal buildings under the escort of the Kosovo Police.