DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
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- Date of publication: March 25, 2021
- Article language(s): Arabic
- Countries / regions discussed: Serbia, Yugoslavia
DISINFO: NATO killed 4000 people in Serbia
SUMMARY
According to Serbian statistics, (NATO's military operation against Serbia), which lasted 78 days, killed between 2500 and 4000 and injured about 10,000, in addition to economic losses of 100 billion dollars.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative that distorts the actual number of civilian casualties of NATO's bombing campaign of Yugoslavia in 1999.
According to the Humanitarian Law Center, in Serbia (excluding Kosovo) and Montenegro, 275 persons lost their lives in the NATO bombings: 180 civilians, 90 members of the Yugoslav Armed Forces and 5 members of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia.
It is also possible to see the list of names of the people who lost their lives in the bombing.
In 1999, the NATO operation regd. Kosovo followed over a year of intense efforts by the UN and the Contact Group, of which Russia was a member, to bring about a peaceful solution.
The primary purpose of the campaign was to end violence and repression and force Milošević to withdraw his military, police and para-military forces from Kosovo.
Further debunking by Polygraph can be consulted.
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