Yugoslav Army (VJ) | UÇK — History and Memory

The armed forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Its units, especially those of the Priština Corps, took part in operations in Kosovo in 1998–1999. The ICTY convicted, by final judgments, several senior VJ commanders for crimes committed in Kosovo in 1999 in the Šainović et al. case. The judgments attribute responsibility to the persons convicted, not to every member of the army.

Photographs

A square crowded with people, tractors and vehicles, with the lake in the background — Kukës's main square during the exodus of Kosovars in 1999: people, tractors, trucks and tents along the edges of the square.Photo: Jonuz Kola · 1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0The identification of this image is not fully certain.

Long rows of white tents in a valley — A tent camp of Kosovars during the 1999 exodus.Photo: Jonuz Kola · 1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0The identification of this image is not fully certain.

Hundreds of tents pitched in rows on a flat plain — Hundreds of tents as the Camp Hope tent city is built near Fier, part of the US refugee-relief operation.Photo: Staff Sgt. Chris Steffen / U.S. Air Force · maj 1999 · Domen publik (vepër e qeverisë federale të SHBA)

A field crowded with people, plastic sheeting and smoke from fires, seen from a distance — Thousands of expelled people in the field at Blace on the Macedonian border, spring 1999. The photograph was used as an exhibit at the Hague Tribunal (ICTY).Photo: ICTY staff / ICTY (provë gjyqësore) · 1999 · Attribution

Sources

[1]Fred Abrahams, Benjamin Ward. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. 2001-10-26. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/kosovo/. Accessed 2026-09-16.
[2]Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY). Prosecutor v. Šainović et al. (IT-05-87) — faqja e çështjes (gjykimi: Milutinović et al.). IT-05-87. https://www.icty.org/en/case/milutinovic. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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