A delegation from the Ministry of Defence and the Army of the Republic of Macedonia paid tribute to the ARM soldiers killed at the locality Ljubotenski Bachila, by laying wreaths of fresh flowers at the memorials in villages Ljubanci and Volkovo, and at the memorial in Ilinden barracks in Skopje.
On August 10th 2001, ARM military vehicle hit two antitank mines on the road near the locality Ljubotenski Bachila where Tome Badarovski, Goce Chankulovski, Branko Janev, Tomislav Nastevski, Marjancho Boshkovski, Ivica Zlatevski, Tome Dimovski and Rade Jankovski, all members of ARM reserved forces, were killed.
Besides ARM and MOD delegations family members, colleagues, relatives and friends paid tribute to the defenders.