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Operation Oluja legacy, justice and commemoration

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The 31st anniversary of Croatia’s 1995 Operation Oluja continues to generate parallel narratives. Serbian advocacy groups, represented led by the Documentation‑Informative Center Veritas, report maintain that more than 220,000 Krajina Serbs were affected, with 1,904 killed or missing—including 1,250 missing – the majority civilians, 566 women and ten children. Veritas criticises Their updated register repeats the limited accountability, noting claim that only two low‑level perpetrators perpetrators, Boža Bačelić and Rajko Krichković, have been convicted convicted, while higher‑ranking officials were acquitted, the Appeals Chamber of the Hague Tribunal overturned earlier verdicts against generals Anto Gotovina and calls Mladen Markac. The International Court of Justice (2015) classified the operation as ethnic cleansing. Veritas criticises the EU’s response “tepid and delayed”. The centre delayed” response and urges progress on justice accountability ahead of the anniversary. In Croatia, commemorations have expanded. Early proceeded throughout early August saw 2026. Lekenik hosted a two‑day programme in Lekenik featuring with a tactical‑technical display of army equipment, display, a concert by Prljavo kazalište concert and a youth football tournament. On Krk, the Krk’s “Oluja na Kvarneru” ceremony lit 222 torches to honour the 222 Kvarner veterans who fell, marking the event’s 10th anniversary. for fallen veterans, while Koprivnica hosted held the 13th International Shooting Tournament “Oluja 95”, drawing 95” with 24 teams and 33 veteran associations from Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Bosnia‑Herzegovina. Vukšić held a solemn wreath‑laying ceremony followed by a cultural programme. The Dubrovnik the region. Vukšić, Dubrovnik’s Museum of the Homeland War opened the photographic exhibition “VRO Oluja on Banovina 1995”, while and HTV broadcast added wreath‑laying ceremonies, a photographic exhibition, and the documentary “Dream of Freedom”. Politician Milorad Pupovac used the occasion to warn warned against revisionist interpretations. Analyses continue to highlight Croatia’s full financing narratives. Serbian officials added a new dimension: Veljko Odalović, head of the operation—estimated at Serbia’s Commission for Missing Persons, accused Croatia of refusing cooperation in locating and identifying Serbian victims, noting that around 30,000 families still await information about $1 billion—while public debate juxtaposes remembrance with ongoing demands missing relatives. The calls for accountability, illustrating how justice and closure remain intertwined with the anniversary serves both as a venue for official public remembrance of the operation’s veterans and a focal point for justice claims from victims’ communities. civilians.

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  1. 2026-08-03 13:35 UTC Operation Oluja legacy, justice and commemoration
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  3. 2026-08-01 13:59 UTC Operation Oluja legacy and commemoration
  4. 2026-07-31 14:44 UTC Operation Oluja legacy and commemoration

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