Peacekeeping mission of NATO in Kosovo, KFOR, the mission of the European Union for the Rule of Law in Kosovo, EULEX, and the Kosovo Police have removed the barricades created with trucks, at the place known as Duda's Rock, in North Mitrovica. 

Local media reported that the bridge, which was blocked there for days by the local Serbs, has now been released for traffic, reports the reporter of Radio Evropa e Lire from the scene. 

KFOR, which earlier on announced the development of "engineering operations" in the north of Kosovo, to remove the vehicles that were still blocking the roads, carried out the transportation of the trucks removed from the road. 

The trucks at this location in North Mitrovica were burned on December 29. 

In KFOR's announcement on Twitter, it was said that the operation to remove vehicles blocked on the road was being carried out to restore freedom of movement in that area. 

For 20 days in a row, in December 2022, in the four northern municipalities inhabited by a majority of Serbs, barricades were placed on the roads leading to the Kosovo-Serbia border points. 

The barricades were set up in protest at the arrest of a former Kosovo Serb police officer who, according to Kosovo authorities, is suspected of organizing an attack on the offices of the Central Election Commission in the north. 

However, the Serbs decided to remove the barricades after Dejan Pantiq's security measure was changed from detention to house arrest. 

Likewise, the representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo, during a meeting in Raška, Serbia, with the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vu?i?, on December 28 declared that they had received guarantees that the demands of the Serbs for the removal of the barricades would be met.