Serbia remembers the victims of NATO aggression
Twenty-two years ago, the NATO bloc began bombing the territory of the Federal Yugoslavia.
In Belgrade, in memory of this event, a commemorative event will be held at the Kombak Dvorana concert complex with the participation of the President of Serbia.
According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, yesterday, during the transfer of ventilators and other medical equipment to the Republic of Srpska, which took place in the Serbian city of Stara Pazova, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that both Serbia and the Republika Srpska would cultivate the memory of NATO aggression.
“Serbia and the Republika Srpska have begun to jointly cultivate a culture of memory,” Vučić said in the presence of Serbian member of the BiH Presidency Milorad Dodik. “And we will carry this through years, decades and centuries, because we belong to the same people.” This is an important achievement of our cooperation.”
As Politika reports, during the NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, during 78 days of continuous bombing, according to the Serbian Ministry of Defense, 2 thousand 500 civilians were killed, including 89 children and 1031 military personnel and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the same source, about 6 thousand civilians were seriously and lightly injured, of which 2 thousand 700 children, as well as 5 thousand 173 soldiers and police, 25 people are still missing.
In 11 weeks of daily air attacks, NATO launched 2 strikes on the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and dropped 300 tons of bombs, including 22 banned cluster bombs and enriched uranium bombs.
During the aggression, infrastructure, schools, medical facilities, media offices, cultural monuments, churches and monasteries were seriously damaged. Damage estimates range from $30 billion to $100 billion.
Serbia remembers victims of NATO aggression.