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The siege of Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian: Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by Serbian forces of the Yugoslav People's Army , the city was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska .
NATO also issued an ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs demanding the removal of heavy weapons around Sarajevo by midnight of 20–21 February, or they would face air strikes. On 12 February, Sarajevo enjoyed its first casualty free day since April 1992. [280] The large-scale removal of Bosnian-Serb heavy weapons began on 17 February 1994. [280]
Pages in category "Siege of Sarajevo" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The exclusive run of the 102-minute docu, which premiered in February 2023 at the Berlin Film Festival, is a major feat for the film, which chronicles the 1990s siege of Sarajevo during the ...
Grbavica is a neighborhood in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it became a major battleground due to its strategic importance. [3]The battle for Grbavica was part of the broader effort by Bosnian government forces to break the siege of Sarajevo.
The siege of Sarajevo begins. Bosnian Serb forces mounted the siege of Sarajevo resulting in 10,000 killed by 1995. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, the only two remaining republics. May 1992. Yugoslav army retreats from Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving a large part of its armory to Bosnian Serbs.
In December 2003, the ICTY Trial Chamber in the trial against Stanislav Galić, a Serb general in the siege of Sarajevo (for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity), concluded that the massacre was committed by Serb forces around Sarajevo. [1] [2]
Yugoslav army formally withdrew from Croatia from January 1992 under the Sarajevo Agreement; Croatian forces regained control over most of Republic of Serbian Krajina-held territory; Croatian forces advanced into Bosnia and Herzegovina to assist the united Bosnian and Croatian side, which led to the eventual end of the Bosnian War in December 1995