The Bombing of Kruševac - the Second Attack
NATO bombs Kruševac again. This time the city centre was targeted. 12 civilians were killed at a market.
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Documented testimonies of events that shape our memory
283 documented events in the archiveThe Destruction of the Freedom Bridge in Novi Sad
NATO finally destroys the Freedom Bridge, the last remaining bridge in Novi Sad. 11 people were killed. The city was completely isolated.
Read articleMajor Nebojša Nikolić — the pilot who returned from captivity
Major Nebojša Nikolić was a Serbian pilot whose MiG-29 was shot down on 2 May 1999. He ejected, survived, but was captured. His story of survival and return became a symbol of a pilot's endurance.
Read articleThe Bombing of Lužane - the Attack on the Rescuers
NATO carries out a second attack on the same bridge 10 minutes after the first. Rescue workers and citizens helping the injured were targeted. 8 people were killed - a war crime.
Read articleRamsey Clark — former US Attorney General sues NATO
Ramsey Clark (Ramsey Clark), former Attorney General of the United States (1967-1969), filed a criminal complaint in 1999 against the NATO leaders for war crimes committed by the bombing of Yugoslavia. His legal activism was the strongest American institutional protest against the war.
Read articlePrivate Tibor Cerna — The Platoon Leader Who Did Not Yield
Tibor Cerna, an infantry platoon leader in the 125th Mechanized Brigade, died at the end of April 1999 in the fighting at Košare, in the twenty-first year of his life. He was posthumously decorated with the Order of Merit in the Field of Defence and Security.
Read articleBloody Easter at Košare — April 1999
Around Orthodox Easter of 1999, the enemy carried out some of the fiercest attacks on Košare. Those days, remembered as the „Bloody Easter", took many lives of the defenders, but even then the defence did not give way.
Read articleThe bombing of RTS - 16 journalists killed
NATO missiles hit the building of Radio Television of Serbia in central Belgrade. 16 civilians killed - journalists and technicians.
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A NATO strike on the building of Radio Television of Serbia in which 16 civilians — journalists and technicians — were killed.
Read articleThe 63rd Paratrooper and 72nd Special Brigades — The Elite on Maja Glava
When the front had to be stabilised and the lost heights retaken, elite units of the Yugoslav Army were brought to Košare — the 63rd Paratrooper and 72nd Special brigades. For the heroism they showed during the war, both were decorated with the Order of the People's Hero.
Read articleThe Second Bombing of Surdulica - Escalation of the Attacks
NATO bombs Surdulica again. This time a residential block was targeted. 20 civilians were killed, most of them women and children.
Read articleBombing of the General Staff Building - Civilian Casualties in the Surrounding Area
NATO bombs the General Staff building in the centre of Belgrade. Although the target is a military facility, 14 civilians from surrounding buildings were killed.
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