SERBIAN OFFENSIVE CONTINUES - SITUATION IN JUNIK DRAMATIC

( Editorial: --> 3278 ) PRISTINA, 12 Aug (Hina) - Strong Serbian forces have been attacking villages in the Decani municipality for the fourth day in a row, Kosovo Albanian sources in Pristina said. Serbian forces used tanks, heavy artillery and about 250 military vehicles in their attacks on at least 11 Albanian villages, the Kosovo Information Centre reported. A number of Albanians were killed and at least 45 were wounded in the Decani municipality in Wednesday clashes, the same source said. Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) units are offering resistance and have inflicted great damage on Serbian forces and weaponry. Almost 100,000 Albanian refugees from Decani have fled to other areas of the Decani municipality and to Pec and Djakovica. Most of them are forced to live in the open. The situation is also alarming in the largest Kosovo village of Junik and nearby villages, near the Yugoslav-Albanian border, the same source said. Serbian forces today continued fierce heavy artillery attacks on the village, which is believed to be KLA's main stronghold. (hina) rml 121525 MET aug 98