Civilian casualties during Operation Allied Force

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On March 30, 1999, during a two-day air raid on the Sloboda munitions plant in Čačak, Mileva Kuveljić was killed in her home outside of the factory from airstrikes.{{cite web|url=https://moravainfo.rs/2018/03/secanje-hronologija-bombardovanja-cacka-1999-godine/|work=Morava Info|author=Goran Davidović|title=Sećanje: Hronologija bombardovanja Čačka 1999. godine|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122723/https://moravainfo.rs/2018/03/secanje-hronologija-bombardovanja-cacka-1999-godine/|url-status=dead}} According to a local historian, Goran Davidović, another person injured by that day's airstrikes died a month later.

On April 1, 1999 at 5:05 am local time, the Varadin Bridge in Novi Sad was destroyed by NATO projectiles, killing a 29-year old NIS refinery worker Oleg Nasov.{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/drzava-nikada-nije-pomogla-deci-zrtava-nato-bombardovanja/kv99ec4|author=Milan Laketić|newspaper=Blic|title=Država nije pomogla deci žrtava NATO bombardovanja|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2017}} The following day, 11 civilians were killed after the village of Nogovac in Orahovac was struck by three missiles.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/84677932/NATO-Crimes-in-Serbia-Yugoslavia-Documentary-Evidence-24-March-24-April-1999-Part-I|title=NATO Crimes in Serbia (Yugoslavia)|date=May 1999|access-date=August 6, 2017}}{{rp|39}}

On April 4, 1999, three workers were killed when the oil refinery in Pančevo was hit by NATO airstrikes.{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=04&dd=04&nav_id=422267|work=B92|title=Pomen radnicima rafinerije|language=Serbian|date=April 4, 2010|access-date=July 19, 2017}} Subsequently, 80,000 tons of oil ignited into flames, and the concentration of carcinogens over Pančevo rose 10,500 times higher than local laws allowed at the time.{{cite news|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/57/srbija-danas/2256771/posledice-nato-bombardovanja-u-pancevu-.html|agency=RTS|title=Posledice NATO bombardovanja u Pančevu|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=July 19, 2017}} On the same day, one civilian was killed after airstrikes struck electric heating plants in Belgrade.{{cite web|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2001/11/11/srpski/DO01111001.shtml|author=Ljiljana Staletović|agency=Glas javnosti|title=Brane se malim brojem poginulih|language=Serbian|date=November 11, 2001|access-date=August 6, 2017}}

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On April 5, 1999, a neighborhood in Vranje was bombed, killing two civilians and injuring 15.{{cite web|url=http://slovojuga.org.rs/da-se-ne-zaboravi-18-godina-od-nato-bombardovanja/|author=Dragan Ilić|work=Слово Југа (Slovo Juga)|script-title=sr:Да се не заборави: 18 година од НАТО бомбардовања|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2017|access-date=July 15, 2017}} On the night of April 5–6, 1999, 12 civilians were killed in the southern mining town of Aleksinac after it was struck by NATO forces.{{cite news|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/38606/Aleksinac-ne-zaboravlja-zrtve|author=Toma Todorović|agency=Politika|script-title=sr:Алексинац не заборавља жртве|language=Serbian|date=April 6, 2008|access-date=June 20, 2017}} A total of 35 homes and 125 apartment units were destroyed, with no obvious military target in the vicinity according to the Serbian newspaper Politika.

{{main|Grdelica train bombing}}

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On April 12, 1999, NATO airstrikes struck a railway bridge in Grdelica, hitting a passenger train on the Niš - Preševo line. According to Večernje Novosti, 15 of the killed civilians were identified, a large number of passengers were classified as "missing".{{cite news|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/drustvo/aktuelno.290.html:487049-Grdelica-Obelezeno-15-godina-od-raketiranja-putnickog-voza|newspaper=Večernje novosti|title=Grdelica: Obeleženo 15 godina od raketiranja putničkog voza|language=Serbian|date=April 12, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2017}} The Leskovac city board forbade medical workers and doctors to give information to journalists on collected remains of killed civilians, preventing a more complete record of civilian casualties from taking place.[http://www.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Drustvo/484939/Nepoznat-broj-zrtava-zlocina-u-Grdelici] Vesti-online: Nepoznat broj žrtava zločina u Grdelici. {{in lang|sr}} April 13, 2015. Accessed July 17, 2017. Human Rights Watch listed the names of 12 passengers killed in Grdelica, although reported that 20 civilians were killed in total.{{cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a86b0.html|work=Human Rights Watch|title=Kosovo: Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign|date=February 1, 2000|access-date=July 17, 2017}} Yugoslavia's Tanjug reported about 50 passengers killed, whereas the Belgrade government recorded 55.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-long-litany-of-nato-mistakes-hits-a-new-low-1.182923|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=A long litany of NATO mistakes hits a new low|date=May 10, 1999|access-date=July 17, 2017}} In a commemorative gathering held on April 12, 2017, Miodrag Poledica, Serbia's Minister of Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure, asserted that "the exact number of those killed was never determined, but it's assumed that there were more than fifty."{{cite web|url=http://www.zeleznicesrbije.com/na-grdelickom-mostu-obelezeno-osamnaest-godina-od-nato-bombardovanja-medjunarodnog-putnickog-voza/?lang=lat|work=Serbian Railways|title=Na Grdeličkom mostu obeleženo osamnaest godina od NATO bombardovanja međunarodnog putničkog voza|language=Serbian|date=April 12, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2019}}

In a separate bombing on the same day, six civilians were killed in Merdare from NATO airstrikes on the border of Kuršumlija and Podujevo.

{{main|NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Đakovica}}

On April 14, during daylight hours, NATO aircraft repeatedly bombed Albanian refugee movements over a twelve-mile (19 km) stretch of road between Gjakova and Dečani in western Kosovo, killing 73 civilians and injuring 36 others. The attack began at 1:29{{small|pm}} and persisted for about two hours, causing civilian deaths in numerous locations on the convoy route near the villages of Bistrazin, Gradis, Madanaj, and Meja.

On April 21, 1999, a Serbian refugee camp in Majino Naselje of Gjakova was struck by heavy airstrikes.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-22-mn-29914-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Watson|title=Refugee Serbs Blame NATO in Camp Bombing|date=April 22, 1999|access-date=July 16, 2017}} The Los Angeles Times reported that four civilians were killed, however a Belgrade-based bulletin listed the names of five individuals who were killed in the attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.veritas.org.rs/wp-content/bilteni/Bilten11.pdf|author=Savo Štrbac|title=Veritas: Bilten #11|language=Serbian|date=April 2000|access-date=July 16, 2017}} NATO spokesman Mike Phillips denied that NATO was responsible for the bombing of Majino Naselje.

{{main|NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters}}

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On April 23, 1999, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)'s headquarters were struck by NATO. As a consequence, 16 RTS civilian technicians and workers were killed and sixteen were wounded.{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/no-justice-victims-nato-bombings-20090423|author=|agency=Amnesty International|title=No justice for the victims of NATO bombings|language=English|date=April 23, 2009|format=via Wayback Machine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509022509/https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/no-justice-victims-nato-bombings-20090423|archive-date=May 9, 2009|df=dmy-all}}

On April 27, 1999, NATO missiles struck several houses in the southern town of Surdulica. A CNN journalist named Alessio Vinci subsequently visited the local morgue, where he reported 16 civilians killed as a result of the attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9904/28/kosovo.02/|agency=CNN|title=Children reported killed when NATO bomb missed target|website=CNN |date=April 28, 1999|access-date=July 16, 2017}} One of Serbia's public broadcasters, RTS, reported that 20 civilians were killed in Surdulica on April 27, 1999.{{cite news|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/politika/57991/surdulica-deset-godina-kasnije.html|agency=RTS|title=Surdulica, deset godina kasnije|language=Serbian|date=April 27, 2009|access-date=July 16, 2017}} Many of the victims had been killed in a single house on Zmaj Jova street,{{ref|1|1}} owned by Vojislav Milić.{{cite web|url=http://www.okradio.rs/vesti/lokalne/bombardovanje-odnelo-sestoro-milica-_39339.html|author=Dušan Đorđević|work=OK Radio|title=Bombardovanje odnelo šestoro Milića|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2014|access-date=July 16, 2017}} Milić's family and several neighbors took refuge in Milić's basement when his house was struck by two bombs, after which nine people were killed in his house alone.

{{main|Lužane bus bombing}}

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On April 29, 1999, one woman was killed and three more people were injured from shrapnel during the bombing of Tuzi.{{cite news|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/1999/04/30/glavne-vesti.html|agency=Glas javnosti|title=Gađani mostovi i civili|language=Serbian|date=April 30, 1999|access-date=March 16, 2019}} On April 30, 1999, NATO bombs struck Murino, a village located near Plav, killing six civilians of whom three were under the age of 16.{{cite web|url=http://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/u-murini-obiljezeno-13-godina-od-nato-bombardovanja-71653|author=Amil Ibrahimagić|agency=Vijesti|title=U Murini obilježeno 13 godina od NATO bombardovanja|language=Serbian|date=April 30, 2012|format=via Wayback Machine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030014349/https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/u-murini-obiljezeno-13-godina-od-nato-bombardovanja-71653|archive-date=October 30, 2015|df=dmy-all}}

On May 1, 1999, a Niš-Ekspres bus taking passengers to Kosovo was hit by NATO missiles when it crossed a bridge in the village of Lužane near Podujevo.{{ref|2|2}} The number of casualties reported from the Niš-Ekspres bombing vary, with Human Rights Watch recording 39 civilians killed whereas the Minister of Health Leposava Milićević reported that 47 civilians killed in the bus bombing had been identified.{{cite news|url=http://www.yurope.com/kosovo/arhiva/kosovo-7/0021.html|agency=Nezavisne Novine|title=Kosovo: SERVIS, NEDELJA, 2.5.99., 13h. CAN|language=Serbian|date=May 2, 1999|access-date=July 17, 2017}}

In a separate attack, also on May 1, 1999, at least 12 civilians were killed when a Romani neighborhood in Prizren was struck by NATO bombs.{{cite web|url=http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/prizren-in-the-shadow-of-aircraft|author=Lukáš Houdek (translated into English by Gwendolyn Albert)|title=Prizren in the shadow of aircraft|language=English|date=June 16, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2017}}

On May 4, 1999, a bus was destroyed in the village of Savine Vode near Peć, with 17 civilian deaths.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-04-mn-33750-story.html|author=Paul Watson|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=NATO Bombs Kill 17 More Civilians|date=May 4, 1999|access-date=July 17, 2017}} NATO denied responsibility,{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bus-deaths-claim-disputed-by-nato-1.180759|agency=The Irish Times|author=Helen Kinghan|title=Bus deaths claim disputed by NATO|date=May 4, 1999|access-date=July 17, 2017}} however a remnant of a bomb found in Savine Vode after the attack had the markings of Magnavox, an American electronics manufacturer. The Yugoslav government submitted further evidence to Human Rights Watch, after which Human Rights Watch counted the casualties as those inflicted by NATO.

{{main|Cluster bombing of Niš}}

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On May 7, 1999, cluster munitions were dropped on Niš.{{cite web|url=https://www.juznevesti.com/Drushtvo/Krenuli-na-pijacu-pa-poginuli-od-kasetnih-bombi.sr.html|author=M. Vučić|work=Južne vesti|title=Krenuli na pijacu, pa poginuli od kasetnih bombi|language=Serbian|date=May 7, 2016|access-date=June 13, 2017}} Human Rights Watch recorded 14 civilians killed whereas Serbian sources reported 16 civilians killed.{{cite news|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:546968-Suze-za-16-zrtava-kasetnih-bombi|author=D. Stojanović|newspaper=Večernje novosti|title=Suze za 16 žrtava kasetnih bombi|language=Serbian|date=May 7, 2015|access-date=August 10, 2017}}

{{main|US bombing of the People's Republic of China embassy in Belgrade}}

A salvo of US JDAM GPS-guided bombs struck the embassy of the People's Republic of China in Belgrade, killing three Chinese diplomats and injuring 20 others. CIA director George Tenet later admitted in congressional testimony that the CIA had organised the strike and that it was the only strike of the campaign organised by his agency, though he still claimed it was accidental. China has never accepted the US explanation for the incident.

{{main|Koriša bombing}}

Starting before midnight and lasting into the morning hours of May 14, 1999, NATO planes bombed the village of Koriša in Kosovo, where Albanian peasants were seeking refuge in a convoy.{{cite web|url=http://www.nspm.rs/hronika/u-napadu-nato-na-kolonu-kosovskih-albanaca-kod-sela-korisa-14.-maja-1999.-ubijeno-87-civila.html?alphabet=l|work=Nova srpska politička misao|title=U napadu NATO na kolonu kosovskih Albanaca kod sela Koriša 14. maja 1999. ubijeno 87 civila|language=Serbian|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=July 16, 2017}} Sources vary between 77{{cite web|url=http://blog.b92.net/text/19950/Ljudski-gubici-tokom-NATO-bombardovanja-SRJ/|author=Predrag Azdejković|title=Ljudski gubici tokom NATO bombardovanja SRJ|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2012|access-date=July 16, 2017}} and 87 killed.{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/06/20/refugees-call-korisa-a-setup-serbs-locked-them-up-to-die-survivors-say/|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|author=Will Englund|title=''Refugees call Korisa a setup|date=June 20, 1999|access-date=July 4, 2012|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015046/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-06-20/news/9906220504_1_refugees-yugoslavia-korisa|url-status=live}} Survivors of the attack claimed that they had been set up by the Yugoslav police, who led them to the supply depot which was bombed that night.{{cite book|last=Krieger|title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999|year=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521800716|pages=352}} The Yugoslav police had led the refugees to the depot promising them refuge and passage to Albania, although the survivors claimed that the police asked for money and made threats before escorting them. After the bombing of Koriša, Yugoslav troops took TV crews to the scene shortly after the bombing.{{cite news|title=NATO says target was military post|newspaper=Sunday Free Lance-Star|date=16 May 1999}} The Yugoslav government insisted that NATO had targeted civilians.{{cite news|title=Once Again, NATO Admits Accidental Bombing Of Civilians|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/05/16/once-again-nato-admits-accidental-bombing-of-civilians/|access-date=4 July 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=16 May 1999}}

At approximately 10:20 am local time on May 19, 1999, a small industrial area in Gnjilane was struck by NATO airstrikes, immediately killing three women who were working at the agricultural firm "Mladost".{{cite news|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/1999/05/20/glavne-vesti.html|agency=Glas javnosti|title=NATO avijacija u 58. noći napada na SR Jugoslaviju dejstvovala po Beogradu i južnoj Srbiji|language=Serbian|date=May 20, 1999|access-date=July 18, 2017}} A man working for "Binačka Morava" initially survived the airstrikes, but died of his injuries the same day. Glas javnosti published the names of all four workers killed in Gnjilane that day.

At approximately 12:50 am local time on May 19, 1999, the University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović in Belgrade was destroyed by NATO laser-guided bombs.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/brussels052199.htm|author=Steven Pearlstein|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=NATO Bomb Said to Hit Belgrade Hospital|date=May 21, 1999|access-date=July 17, 2017}} RTS listed the names of three patients killed.{{cite news|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/drustvo/1105846/godisnjica-stradanja-vojnika-i-pacijenata.html|agency=RTS|title=Godišnjica stradanja vojnika i pacijenata|language=Serbian|date=May 20, 2012|access-date=July 17, 2017}} Seven soldiers of the Yugoslav Army were also killed in the hospital, although their names were listed separately from those of the three patients. NATO admitted that a missile was aimed at barracks in the Dedinje district, which is close to the hospital, went astray.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/348287.stm | work=BBC News | title=NATO bomb hits hospital | date=May 20, 1999}}

{{main|Dubrava Prison bombings and executions}}

Starting on May 19, 1999, NATO forces bombed the town of Istok, killing three prisoners and a prison guard that day. Two days later, NATO forces struck the prison complex again, with at least 19 prisoners being killed from the airstrikes, according to Human Rights Watch. Subsequent to the lethal airstrikes, special units from the Yugoslavia's Ministry of Internal Affairs along with various criminals selected by the special forces carried out a false flag operation, during which the prisoners were massacred by firearms, after which state agency Tanjug claimed that all of the prison victims were killed by the airstrikes.{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=988103|author=Miloš Vasić|work=Vreme|title=Pokolj u zatvoru Dubrava|language=Serbian|date=April 28, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://pescanik.net/dubrava-rat-u-zatvoru/|author=Milica Jovanović|work=Peščanik|title=Dubrava (1) – Rat u zatvoru|language=Serbian|date=December 31, 2013|access-date=August 4, 2017}}

{{See also|Varvarin bridge bombing}}

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On May 26, three civilians were killed from an airstrike on Ralja, Serbia.

Two civilians were killed on May 27, 1999, when a bridge over the Jablanica river in Lebane was struck.{{cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/tema/6275/|agency=B92|title=Obnovljen Cekavicki most na Jablanici|language=Serbian|date=April 21, 2000|accessdate=June 4, 2024}} Reporting on this incident was initially uncertain about which exact bridge was struck.

On May 29, 1999, the Prizren-Brezovica road was subject to NATO airstrikes. A chauffeur was killed driving in a convoy of journalists, and three more were injured. At 1:05 pm local time on the following day, 1999, 10 civilians were killed when NATO bombers mounted a daylight raid on a bridge over the Great Morava river in Varvarin.{{cite news|url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/351727/Drustvo/Zlocin-u-Varvarinu-nece-biti-zaboravljen|author=Rade Stanković|newspaper=Politika|title=Zločin u Varvarinu neće biti zaboravljen|language=Serbian|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=July 15, 2017}} The streets and bridge had more people than usual as Trinity Sunday was observed that day.{{cite news|url=http://www.dw.com/en/collateral-damage-nato-airstrikes-remembered-in-varvarin/a-17516618|author=Vladimir Minić, Nemanja Rujević|agency=Deutsche Welle|title=Collateral damage? Nato airstrikes remembered in Varvarin|language=English|date=March 24, 2014|access-date=July 15, 2017}} NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said the alliance had bombed a "legitimate designated military target".{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/357355.stm | work=BBC News | title=Civilian deaths 'necessary price' | date=May 31, 1999}}

Surdulica was bombed for the second time on the night of May 30–31, 1999, when NATO airstrikes destroyed a sanatorium and a retirement home.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/356918.stm | work=BBC News | title=NATO 'hit old people's home' | date=May 31, 1999}} Human Rights Watch published the names of the 23 civilians killed in the sanatorium.

On May 31, 1999, a residential building was struck by a NATO bomb in Novi Pazar, killing 11 civilians.{{cite news|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/srbija/obelezen-dan-pogibije-11-civila-u-novom-pazaru-u-nato-bombardovanju/41748pq|newspaper=Blic|title=Obeležen dan pogibije 11 civila u Novom Pazaru u NATO bombardovanju|language=Serbian|date=May 31, 2014|access-date=June 13, 2017}} On the same day, Human Rights Watch recorded that airstrikes killed three civilians in three separated incidents throughout central and southern Serbia; in Vranje, on the "Raška bridge", and in Draževac.

Three civilians were killed at the Ekohrana farm in Podgorac on June 7, 1999.

Over the night of June 7-8, 1999, one civilian was killed in Novi Sad's Šangaj neighborhood when a petroleum processing plant was struck. A second victim who was initially injured subsequently died from injuries.

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Human Rights Watch documented and evaluated the impact and effects of the NATO military operation, and confirmed 90 incidents in which civilians died as a result of NATO bombing. These included attacks where cluster bombs were dropped.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-01.htm |title=Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign - The Crisis in Kosovo |access-date=December 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121035230/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-01.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 1999, it was estimated that 488–527 Yugoslav civilians died as a result of NATO bombing.{{sfn|Trbovich|2008|p=349}} The report also criticized Pentagon and NATO officials for a lack of attention to the issue of civilian deaths, suggesting "a resistance to acknowledging the actual civilian effects and an indifference to evaluating their causes."{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=Bradley |title=Report Says NATO Bombing Killed 500 Civilians in Yugoslavia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-02/07/000r-020700-idx.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 7, 2000}}

From the very beginning of Operation Allied Force, minimizing civilian casualties was a major declared NATO concern. According to NATO, consideration of civilian casualties was fully incorporated into the planning and targeting process. All targets were "looked at in terms of their military significance in relation to the collateral damage or the unintended consequence that might be there," General Shelton said on April 14: "Then every precaution is made...so that collateral damage is avoided." According to Lt. Gen. Michael Short, "collateral damage drove us to an extraordinary degree...[and] committed hours of [my] day dealing with the allies on issues of collateral damage."{{Cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-01.htm |title=Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign - The Crisis in Kosovo |access-date=December 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121035230/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-01.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }} "There is always a cost to defeat an evil," said NATO spokesman Jamie Shea, "It never comes free, unfortunately. But the cost of failure to defeat a great evil is far higher." He insisted NATO planes had bombed only "legitimate designated military targets," and if more civilians had died it was because NATO had been forced into military action. He then defended this notion by stating, "NATO does not attack civilian targets, we attack exclusively military targets and take every precaution to avoid inflicting harm on civilians."

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• {{note|1|1}} Zmaj Jova street is named after Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. Serbian variations of nouns are such that the street is spelled as "Zmaj Jove" (as opposed to having an "a" letter at the end) in the context of the sentence in the OK Radio article on the Milić family from Surdulica.
• {{note|2|2}} There are multiple villages in the former Yugoslavia named Lužane. The Lužane bus bombing took place in a village called Lužane by Podujevo in Kosovo. However, there is another village also called Lužane located near Aleksinac, although that is not where the Niš-Ekspres bus was bombed.[http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/Dru%C5%A1tvo/1069812/Se%C4%87anje+na+%C5%BErtve+bombardovanja.html] RTS: Sećanje na žrtve bombardovanja. {{in lang|sr}} March 24, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

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• {{cite book|last=Trbovich|first=Ana S.|title=A Legal Geography of Yugoslavia's Disintegration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ojur7dVoxIcC|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533343-5}}

• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/340966.stm NATO's bombing blunders (BBC)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081114194328/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-01.htm Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign - The Crisis in Kosovo] (HRW)
• [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/Natbm200-02.htm#TopOfPage List Of Incidents Involving Civilian Deaths in Operation Allied Force] (HRW)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080430120739/http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/Kosovo/Kosovo-Chronology9.html SELECT CHRONOLOGY OF NATO ATTACKS, MARCH 24-MAY 7, 1999] (HRW)

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