Croatia celebrates 'Storm', in Serbia Day of Mourning
While in Croatia, in memory of the Storm, celebrates Victory Day, Serbia marks the day of remembrance of the suffering and persecution of Serbs.
Croatia will be the Day of Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day of Croatian defenders, who celebrated on August 5 this year to mark over the two days since it is the 20th anniversary of the military operation "Storm", liberated Knin and most of the previously occupied territory, enabling the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region and peace in this part of Europe.
On the twentieth anniversary of "Operation Storm", in Zagreb today, at 18:00, held a solemn military parade, which will be the first marking Victory launch of the Armed Forces.
On Wednesday, the central celebration will be held in Knin, as in previous years.
Operation "Storm", in which he was engaged almost 200,000 Croatian soldiers, in only 84 hours free of the 10,400 square kilometers of previously occupied territory, or 18.4 percent of total Croatian territory.
Croatian forces launched the operation at the same time from 30 directions at the front 700 kilometers long, and the liberation of Knin, the second day of the operation, there has been the most important strategic political and military objective of the operation "Storm" and the entire Civil War.
In "Operation Storm", according to official figures, killed 174 Croatian soldiers and policemen, and wounded at least 1,400.
Military parade in Zagreb
Festive military parade, which takes place tonight at the Zagreb Vukovar Street, will participate pedestrian, aviation, motorized, mechanized and armored units with a variety of combat and non-combat vehicles.
The command to start the grand parade will give the President of the Republic and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.
Then will begin the military part of the parade with three honorary volleys mark six guns, then the three fighter aircraft MiG-21 fly over the streets of the town of Vukovar, and infantry troops parade which envisages the participation of more than 2,500 members.
In the mechanized part of the parade, will participate in more than 300 combat vehicles and techniques.
During the passage of troops Croatian veterans, six cannons will fire a 20 honorary volleys that symbolize the 20 years since the military operation "Storm", conducted in peace and freedom.
At the same time in the Brac channel four missile boats to sail the Croatian Navy Fleet and two patrol ships of the Coast Guard.
Military parade in Zagreb in recent days against the non-government and anti-war organizations, indicating posters and the commemoration of all the victims of Operation Storm 'is going to the army unnecessary.
On Monday, the Croatian NGOs, in collaboration with colleagues from Bosnia and Herzegovina - protest in Zagreb's Ban Jelacic Square called for a moral and political responsibility to all victims of the military operation "Storm".
Day of mourning in Serbia and the Republic of Serbian
While in Croatia celebrates Victory Day and Thanksgiving, Serbia will mark the 5th of August as a day of remembrance of the suffering and persecution of Serbs.
In the decision at the recently held a joint session, the Government of Serbia and BiH. Entity Republic of Serbian, this day was declared the day of mourning in Serbia and the Serbian Republic.
Memorial Day and the 20th anniversary of the killing of Serbs in the operation "Storm" in 1995 will be celebrated on Tuesday evening main event on the bridge in Sremska Raca, which divides Bosnia and Herzegovina from Serbia, where Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, chairman of BiH. Entity Republic Serbian Milorad Dodik, symbolically throw a wreath into the river and cross the bridge. Serbian Patriarch Irinej will then serve the memorial service.
"We expect several thousand people. It is our way to tell the world how many of us hurts, we say what we think about this and to say that the 'Storm' for us the crime and that the pogrom," said Minister for Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs in the Government of Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin.
Memorial service in Belgrade's Church
"We are not obliged as some of the previous government and leadership of Serbia that for some ideological reasons, sometimes out of sheer cowardice, turn your head and pretend that Storm did not happen. It happened, it is true as it is, 250.000 Serbs permanently expelled, they are in Serbia and because of them and because of its people it can never forget that and we will not forget, "said Vulin.
According to him, day in which the Knin fortress prominent Croatian flag and ended action "Storm" will be "The labeling as a day of mourning as long as the Serbian state."
"On that day we shall all in 12 hours, with the sounds of sirens and church bells, wherever there are Serbs and wherever Serbian state, stop for a minute thinking of those who are not with us and be grateful that our children live in freedom and you live in peace, "said Vulin.
It was announced that on Wednesday for all the victims of the "Storm" will be served a memorial service in Belgrade's St. Mark's Church and held a solemn academy, which will tell the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic.
According to the Center "Veritas", referred to by the Tanjug news agency, during and after "Operation Storm" were killed and 1,853 missing Serbs and expelled at least 220,000 inhabitants self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, an area which was then under the protection of the United Nations.
- 4 Aug, 2015
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