This Sunday marks 25 years since the start of NATO airstrikes against military and police targets in Serbia and Montenegro. The attacks had begun at 19:45, when NATO planes dropped the first bombs against strategic positions of the army of the former Yugoslavia, as the two republics of the former Yugoslav federation, Serbia and Montenegro, were called.
The order to start the bombing campaign was given by the president of the United States of America, Bill Clinton. That night, he gave a historic speech to the American people, announcing that he had ordered the Atlantic Alliance to start a military operation, as the only way to end the fighting in Kosovo.
“We and the NATO Alliance have made all efforts in order to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict in Kosovo. But President Milosevic, who in the recent past caused terrible wars in Croatia and Bosnia, has decided in favor of aggression instead of peace,” said President Clinton.
The air attacks against the Serbian and Montenegrin forces continued until June 9, when the Kumanova Agreement was reached, which is otherwise known as the capitulation of the criminal Milosevic, and on June 11, the enemy forces began to leave the territory of Kosovo. This is the first military intervention of NATO since its formation, which is also known as the historical intervention./abcnews.al
