Today marks 27 years since the start of NATO’s military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), during which, according to unofficial estimates, around 2,500 civilians and around 1,000 soldiers and policemen died in 11 weeks.
In the bombing, which lasted for 78 days, state infrastructure, economic facilities, health facilities, media houses, cultural monuments and military facilities were severely damaged.
The anniversary will be marked by a series of commemorative gatherings in Belgrade, while the central state manifestation will be held tonight in Vranje.
On the plateau in front of the Gallery of the National Museum in Vranje, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, will also attend the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance for those killed in the NATO bombing in 1999, reports Beta.
The attacks on Yugoslavia began on March 24, 1999, based on the order of the then Secretary General of NATO, Javier Solana, and the Government of the FRY declared a state of war the same night.
The NATO operation followed unsuccessful negotiations on a solution to the crisis in Kosovo in Rambouillet and Paris in February and March 1999.
The bombing of Yugoslavia ended on June 10 with the adoption of Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council.
A day earlier, representatives of the Yugoslav Army and NATO signed a military-technical agreement in Kumanovo, which determined the withdrawal of the army and police forces of Yugoslavia and Serbia from Kosovo and the entry of international military forces, which was implemented on June 12.
