Srbijanska vlada objavila je saopćenje u kom kaže da namjera preuzimanja Jarinja i Brnjaka "nije uspostava reda i zakona, nego prisilno nametanje, čak i po cenu ljudskih života, promene u celokupnoj realnosti na severu pokrajine".
The Serbian government issued a statement saying that in capturing Jarinje and Brnjak, the intent is "not to establish law and order but to impose forcefully, even at the cost of human lives, a change in the whole reality in the north of the province".