NATO Aggression

During 78 days of NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the capital city of Belgrade was targeted almost daily. Below is a chronological overview of sites in Belgrade and its surrounding areas that were hit, damaged, or destroyed during the 1999 air campaign.

March 1999

March 24

  • Batajnica Air Base (hit 25 times during the campaign)
  • Utva aircraft factory, Pančevo
  • Straževica hill (damage to: “21. Maj”, Rekord, Minel, IMR, Jugostroj factories; Rakovica Monastery)
  • Jakovo
  • Koviona radar post (near Ralja)

March 25

  • Utva, Pančevo
  • Rušanj and Sremčica suburbs

March 27

  • Straževica (repeat damage to: “21. Maj”, Rekord, Minel, Jugostroj, Rakovica Monastery, IMR, elementary schools “Nikola Tesla” and “Vladimir Rolović”)
  • Utva, Pančevo

March 28 – Belgrade Airport (damage to: passenger terminal, flight operations building, Museum of Aviation, regional air traffic control center, cargo terminal, JAT and SUKL training centers)

March 29 – Utva, Pančevo

April 1999

April 2–3 – Serbian and Federal Interior Ministry buildings (Mostar interchange)

April 3

  • Emergency Medical Center
  • “Laza Lazarević” Neuropsychiatric Clinic

April 4

  • New Belgrade heating plant
  • Military Medical Academy (VMA)
  • Police Academy
  • Pančevo Oil Refinery
  • Lipovica Forest

April 5

  • Air Force Command in Zemun (also damaging Zemun High School and “Svetozar Miletić” Elementary School)
  • Belgrade Airport
  • Straževica (RTS relay station, Minel, Rekord, Jugostroj, “21. Maj”)
  • Belgrade power grid station
  • Zvezdara District (City Hospital, “Marija Bursać” Elementary School)

April 7 – Nemanjina 9: residential building hit (adjacent to “Sveti Sava” Cardiovascular Hospital)

April 12–13

  • Pančevo Oil Refinery (multiple strikes)
  • Military Medical Academy (VMA) (Orthopedic Institute “Banjica”)

April 14–15

  • Straževica (Rakovica Monastery, schools: “Ivo Andrić”, “Branko Ćopić”, “Franc Prešern”, Rakovica Health Center, heating plant)
  • Petrohemija and Azotara industrial complexes, Pančevo

April 16–18

  • Pančevo Oil Refinery and Petrohemija
  • Rakovica Monastery (additional damage)
  • Straževica relay station

April 21

  • Ušće Business Center (damage to Museum of Contemporary Art and a children’s clinic)
  • Railway bridge over the Sava near Ostružnica
  • Ostružnica fuel depot

April 22 – Government residence, Užička 15

April 23

  • RTS headquarters, Aberdareva Street (also damaged: Children’s Cultural Center, “Duško Radović” Theater, Church of St. Mark, Russian Church)
  • Power substations: Resnik, Zemun Polje
  • Satellite and broadcasting facilities in Krnjača

April 25–29

  • Avala TV Tower (damaged, then destroyed)
  • Antenna tower of Studio B, Borča
  • Multiple substations (Zemun, Borča, Leštane, Bežanijska Kosa)

April 30

  • General Staff and Ministry of Defense buildings, Kneza Miloša Street
  • Federal and Republican Ministries of Foreign and Internal Affairs

May 1999

May 1–3

  • Repeated strikes on Straževica and surrounding industrial zones (“21. Maj”, Rekord, IMR, Jugostroj, Minel)
  • Lipovica Forest
  • Graphite bombs used on Nikola Tesla Thermal Power Plant in Obrenovac

May 7–8

  • Additional damage to:
    • General Staff complex
    • Serbian Government buildings
    • Chinese Embassy (New Belgrade)
    • Hotel Jugoslavija
    • Schools and substations in Leštane and Bežanijska Kosa

May 15–22

  • Fuel depots in Padinska Skela and Čukarica (Jugopetrol)
  • KBC “Dragiša Mišović”
  • VJ barracks in Topčider
  • Transformer stations repeatedly targeted (Leštane, Bežanijska Kosa)

May 23–27

  • Factory “21. Maj”, Rakovica (multiple hits)
  • Broadcast towers and utility infrastructure in Obrenovac and Zemun

May 30–31

  • Radio Yugoslavia transmitter in Stubline
  • Nikola Tesla power plant, Obrenovac
  • Zvezdara District (damaged: Health Center, “Marija Bursać” School, student dormitories, Ethnographic Museum)

June 1999

June 2 – Lipovica Forest

June 7 – Pančevo Oil Refinery (hit twice)