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Commemoration Day for Victims of NATO aggression against FRY marked

Vranje, 24 March 2026

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister Professor Đuro Macut, MD, DSc, government ministers, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Milan Mojsilović and Serbian Patriarch Porfirije attended the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance for Victims of NATO Aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in 1999 in Vranje this evening.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said at the square in front of the Gallery of the National Museum in Vranje, in the presence of a large number of citizens, that every war currently being waged in the world, as well as every violence and annulment of principles and laws, did not begin yesterday, but on 24 March 1999, with the attack on Serbia, and stressed that that was the day when the end was played for international law and order, truth and justice.

The President of Serbia stressed that when asked why territories are being seized from some countries today, their territorial integrity and sovereignty are being violated, the answer is again – because of the practice that was introduced on 24 March 1999.

Vučić recalled that Italian Nobel laureate Dario Fo wrote that this was a war that declared a lie to be the truth.

The President of Serbia also recalled everything that happened in the 78 days of NATO aggression, and stated that children, civilians, soldiers and police officers were killed during the aggression.

The memorial service for the victims of NATO aggression was served by Serbian Patriarch Porfirije with the hierarchs and clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

NATO’s aggression against Serbia, or the then FRY, began 27 years ago, on 24 March 1999 at 19:53.

The aggression against the FRY was a precedent and was carried out without the approval of the UN Security Council.

According to data from the Ministry of Defence, 1,031 members of the army and police were killed during the NATO aggression, and 5,173 soldiers and police officers were wounded.

Around 2,500 civilians were killed, including 89 children, and around 6,000 civilians were injured, including 2,700 children.