Nineteen years have passed since the beginning of NATO
aggression against Serbia (then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), when at least
2,500 civilians were killed and more than 12,500 people were injured during the
78 days of bombing.
Attacks on Serbia began on 24 March 1999, and the last
attack took place on 10 June, at 13.15 near Kosovska Kamenica. About 1,008
members of the army and police were killed or disappeared, of which 659 members
of the military and 349 police officers. About 6,000 civilians were seriously
or lightly injured, including 2,700 children. Total damage is estimated at tens
of billions of dollars. NATO war losses in manpower and technology have never
been disclosed.
Yugoslavia was invaded on the pretext that it's the one to
blame for the failure of the talks in Rambouillet and Paris on the future
status of its southern province of Kosovo and Metohija. After the National
Assembly of Serbia confirmed the decision to reject the deployment of foreign
troops in Serbia, 19 NATO member countries began the air strikes on Serbia on
24 March 1999 at 19.45 without the approval of the United Nations Security
Council.
The bombing destroyed and damaged about 25,000 houses, it
damaged 470 kilometers of roads and 595 kilometers of railways, 14 airports, 19
hospitals, 20 health centers, 18 kindergartens, 69 schools, 176 cultural
monuments and 44 bridges, while 38 were destroyed.
NATO launched 1,300 cruise missiles, threw over 37,000
"cluster bombs" which killed around 200 people and injured hundreds,
and used a prohibited ammunition with depleted uranium. No one was held
responsible for these crimes till present day.
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