Twenty-five years ago today, on 24 March 1999, the NATO military operation to bomb the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began, which lasted for 78 days.
According to the Serbian Ministry of Defense, 2,500 civilians were killed in NATO air strikes, including 89 children, 1,031 military and police. According to the same source, about 6,000 civilians were injured, including 2,700 children, as well as 5,173 military and police personnel. The Chinese embassy in Serbia was also bombed, killing three Chinese journalists.
Even after 25 years, the memory of this tragedy will not fade, and may it never happen to anyone again.
