BELGRADE (Sputnik) — On August 4, 1995, the Croatian army launched Operation Storm against ethnic Serbs from the east of the country during the Croatian War of Independence. According to various estimates, from 214 to 1,192 civilians were killed or went missing.
Over 3,000 troops, 300 units of hardware and 30 aircraft participated in the parade aired on the HRT channel. Croatian leadership, headed by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, along with military and diplomatic officials from 42 countries visited the event.
Serbia called the operation the biggest ethnic cleansing since 1945.
On August 5, a national day of mourning will be declared in Serbia and Republika Srpska.
The unrecognized RSK was established during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in 1991. The RSK included several regions that are currently the parts of eastern Croatia.
