14.04.2024.
MOD-SAF delegation attends ceremony to mark death anniversary of Second Lieutenant Leovac in Pljevlja
A delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces visited the village of Tikova near Pljeva, Montenegro, today, to lay a wreath on the grave of Second Lieutenant Predrag Leovac, who died on this day in 1999 fighting against Albanian terrorists in Košare, Kosovo and Metohija.

General Zogović conveyed to the Leovac family the greetings of Minister of Defence Miloš Vučević and, on his behalf, presented a Gold Plaque of the Ministry of Defence to Milo, the father of the Košare hero, and a bayonet with an inscribed dedication to his brother Pavle.

Members of the Leovac family, friends and citizens gathered in Pljevlja’s cultural centre "Predrag Peđa Leovac", comrades and representatives of the municipality of Pljevlja also laid wreaths on the grave of the Košare hero.
His comrades – members of the veterans’ association, presented an officer’s sabre to the Leovac family.

Predrag (Milo) Leovac, second lieutenant of the Yugoslav Army, was born on December 20, 1975 in Pljevlja, Montenegro. He graduated from the Army Military Academy, becoming an infantry officer. During the armed conflict in Kosovo and Metohija, Second Lieutenant Leovac was part of the 53rd Border Battalion, serving as a platoon commander. He died fighting against Albanian terrorists on April 14, 1999, in the area of the village of Košare near Đakovica. He was awarded the Order of Merit 1st Class for meritorious service in the fields of defence and security. The street in Pljevlja where the Leovac family lives is named after Predrag Peđa Leovac.