nato aggression against yugoslavia, the hegemon's mistake. a special issue of the cac program is authorized to be announced from serbia. there are ruins behind me. the former building of the general staff and the ministry of defense of yugoslavia, familiar from pictures from ukraine, traces of the arrival of cruise missiles, only american ones. those who today lament the fighting in europe, 25 years ago did not hesitate to order the bombing of the very center of one of the european capitals. it was here that a sharp turn began in the development of the system of international relations, which pushed us to a new...

russia in the region. the situation in the balkans was a litmus test for european integration. as soon as the situation there escalated, contradictions between eu members immediately surfaced. although historically kosovo is serbian territory, the belgrade authorities paid insufficient attention to the albanian minority, which escalated the situation in the region. russia, together with the un, have developed a plan for kosovo’s gradual transition to autonomy. later, this proposal formed the basis for the work of the first stage of the international conference with participation.

representative of the kosovo albanians in the suburbs of paris, the discussion was difficult, but gradually an acceptable option emerged, to which they were ready to agree in belgrade. meanwhile , nato formed its own vision of the development of events. representatives of the bloc announced the need to deploy 30,000 troops to maintain order in kosovo. on march 18, 1999, the albanian american and british delegation signed the so-called rambouillet agreements. and the serbian and russian delegation. on march 24 of the same year, the bombing began yugoslavia by nato forces, they lasted 78 days. according to serbian authorities, the nato allied operation claimed between 3 and a half and 400 lives. about 10 thousand more people were wounded, 2/3 of the losses were among civilians. it was i who suggested bombing belgrade, it was i who suggested sending american pilots to blow everything up. bridges on

the danube, it was i who proposed to take away all their fuel reserves, it was i who suggested all this. mr. janich, today we are recording our interview on a truly tragic day for the future serbia, yugoslavia, today marks march 24th.

slovenia, croatia, bosnia and herzegovina, chernogo.

it was then, in 1999, that nato aggression against yugoslavia shocked the whole world. what do you think were the reasons for this, because everyone condemned the violent aggression, but at the same time the actions continued and shocked the whole world. the reason, of course, is primarily the geopolitical idea that you are all.

began, troops entered kosovo, the yugoslav army would have found the strength to respond, do you agree with this? well, you know, about 2,500 civilians over a thousand military personnel, without a ground operation this would have been a ground operation,

the death toll would have already been in the tens of thousands, and the destruction of our country would also have been on a completely different scale, therefore -

russia and china in military technology reduced it to nothing and thereby putting an end to unipolarity, but the first blow to the myth of the indestructibility of american military equipment ... shot down on march 27 , 1999 from the soviet s-125 air defense system supplied to yugoslavia. this bent iron in the serbian aviation museum is possibly one of reasons that american. planes have not yet appeared in the skies of ukraine. this is the same soviet

s-125m anti-aircraft missile system from which the american stealth, which was considered invulnerable, was shot down. already in 199 it was believed that this complex was very outdated, because it was used against the americans back in vietnam. but the more valuable is the contribution of this veteran to debunking the legend of wunderwaf. supposedly produced in the west. mister general, there is an opinion that in the confrontation with the nato military machine, the yugoslav army had no chance. behind us is the destroyed building of the general staff of the ministry of defense of yugoslavia. at that moment, during those tragic events, you worked here. how do you assess the capabilities, the ability of the yugoslav army to resist during that period? to what extent was the full potential of the yugoslav army used? a union

republic in the military sense, the union republic of yugoslavia was ready to defend itself from nato, from the 19 nato members that were then part of it. analysts often forget that albania was the twentieth state that committed aggression against the federal republic of yugoslavia. as an army, we were ready to defend the state.

on april 14, 1999, alexander lukashenko flew to

yugoslavia, which was bombed by forces.

the visit of alexander lukashenko did not force nato to lay down its arms. the alliance did not even guarantee the safety of the belarusian president’s flight to yugoslavia. moreover, he completely neglected these circumstances. twice during the negotiations between the belarusian leader and slobodan milosevic, sirens sounded, which notified residents that the air forces of the north atlantic alliance had crossed the border of yugoslavia. but despite all the intimidation of the military-political bloc, the visit still took place.

in our history, and i think precisely because of that act, not only, but in the first place because of that act, perhaps, one might say, even heroic in some sense, this is still respected by the serbian people he is, he is one of the most respected, beloved, so to speak, leaders, world leaders in our country, we never forget that it was he who dared then, the only person. to come, we understand that it’s as if lukashenko could not defeat nato, yes, but you understand at the moment when such aggression is being committed against you, when you are in complete isolation. the president of another country is coming to you, it is clear that this is friendly and all that, but first of all, this is courage, this is a message, that is, it is clear that here are the fraternal serbian people, here i am as the president of belarus,

i came to support you, i remain for you, i understand what is happening, how important it was for the serbian people this support, it mattered so much that today’s youth even know it, that is , even today people understand that when our government now imposed sanctions against belarus, this is not an absurdity and a misunderstanding, this is a vile act that simply unjustified, because the only people and country and president who stood up in our defense in the most difficult moments was the president of belarus lukashenko, a people who are very close to us, who have always supported us, we impose sanctions to please whom, for the sake of what, that is, we impose sanctions against our friends at the expense of... enemies, you understand, and accordingly, we are like a parliamentary party, we are a voice from the people, i personally, we said with our faction, that we will fight for the lifting of the sanctions regime against

belarus, we will do this in parliament, we will do this in the public, we will raise this issue publicly in the media, who is against the lifting of sanctions, well, against, of course , about the western opposition, this definitely, because what belarus is like, it’s outside of civilization, they would go to belarus at least once, and see that it’s belarus. i would look at what theirs is, i won’t say what kind of courtyard it is and what kind in belarus, what facades, streets and so on are there, that is , they live, they live in past times, they simply don’t understand, they act according to a pattern, and, accordingly, power, because without power i am not interested in pressure, but if you are the president of a country, if you are the ruler of this country, if you are the government of this country, you you say that no one can influence me, but what are you doing, how did you behave then?

many even believe that he is more of a serbian president than ours, because he does not look at all these western

pressures, in this sense we are impressed by him, and we would like our government to behave as freely as , and he no longer sits on two chairs, like our government, but has clearly decided with whom he sits, by the way, i think lukashenko also said that the hearty government there , the president also needs to decide, right? here in belarus, belarusians have many friends and reliable partners of serbia. it is enough to go out

into the street and talk to passers- by to see how many people, serbian citizens , have great sympathy for our country. today's very difficult situation in the european region on a broader scale cannot but affect our bilateral cooperation. i am convinced that this is the result. formation of a new government of serbia, working bodies in the newly elected parliaments of serbia and belarus based on the results of parliamentary elections, new conditions will be created for the work of the interstate mechanisms that we have, primarily with the commission on trade and economic cooperation, today it is very important for us to jointly look for those points of contact of mutual interests of potential synergy that we can actually jointly create and implement.

first they occupied kosovo, and then unilaterally seized the territories from a sovereign state, recognizing the independence of the new country, but for a huge number of serbs this issue is not closed. kosovo remains a bleeding wound for many, here anti-nato sentiment is growing, right now we can see a rally condemning cruelty and aggression. the unprecedented bombing of yugoslavia was due to the fact that by that time everyone had become accustomed to the fact that the world was divided into three parts: there is the golden billion, there is the developed world, there is the developing world and there is the third world, the so- called, the problems of the third world did not bother this one at all , relatively speaking, the first world, and the developing world, and the precedent of yugoslavia was, sorry for

cynicism is that...

such a deep historical process is connected specifically with kosovo and metohija, and naturally, kosovo and metohija, kos is a bird, and metoh is a possession, a church possession of land, that is, this in itself the name says that this is a church name, this is how ordinary serbs express their disagreement with the actions of the west regarding kosovo, in their hands they hold posters depicting icons located in cathedrals on the territory...

today, this is the general attitude towards kosovo the question among young people is how it is acute among young people, the new generation, because there is an opinion that not everyone is as concerned about this issue, for example, as representatives of your age group, and are even ready to say goodbye to sovereignty over this land in exchange for the prospects of membership in the european union , does this match? well, you know, uh, there is, of course, a certain part, before it was more, that is, that is, there are young people who were brought up in a slightly different spirit, but mostly this is belgrade, that is, if it’s a small area, it’s to another, then belgrade is a big city there, they live differently, and let's just say that - i'll say this, the bigger problem here is that the process itself that took place around kosovo and metohija, the pressure there, aggression and so on, and the fact that

what we got in the end, it upset young people, and they think that what’s the point of fighting, we’ll lose it anyway, that is , it’s not their motivation, not so much the european union, because they live here normally. they won’t get anything new there, as far as disappointment in justice, in right, in truth, which they realized that in essence it does not exist, this is the initiative of everyone, you know, such a person who understands that this is the future, these are really valuable things that are not worth discussing, not worth bargaining, but that’s it to sell your homeland, that is, this is not an attempt by the authorities but to push towards this love. no, no, no, on the contrary, maybe the authorities would like there to be no such love, but in fact, of course, i say, we even studied in schools these koslov cycles there and so on, this whole story, then it has merged somewhere with our psychology,

with our innermost state, with the soul, and so on, now when you say that to tear kosovo away from the serbs, it’s like tearing off part of the soul, there are hearts, that is, it really seems to me, no other territory has grown to my heart. that is, this is this incredible thing, that is , a place where, like europe, tells us about some kind of democratic values, and despite the fact that serbs there have no right to exist at all. we talked with serbian youth and found out their opinion: are they ready

come to terms with the loss of kosovo in exchange for serbia's membership in the european union, and how they feel about the tragedy that happened 25 years ago. this is absolutely unacceptable for us.

i don’t care if it’s serbia with kosovo or without it, it’s more like 50/50 for me. we will never agree to this. there are certain trends, but i do not believe that we will ever become members of the european union. we should not agree to their terms and lose kosovo for this, because this is our culture, our land, our country. we will never give up kosovo. this is our land for centuries, we will not give it up to them easily. a separate problem is the serbian municipalities in northern kosovo. giving up the region today means not just going through another

national humiliation, but also betraying your brothers and co-religionists. therefore, many do not rule out that a new war may break out in the region. serbia against violence is the name of the opposition coalition. opposes the current vucic government, the party receives funding from washington, so it is not surprising that activists working under western orders allegedly did not accept results of parliamentary elections in the country. observers did not record any serious violations and the protesters had to retreat, but the united states is not ready to retreat from its plans. the white house has already announced its intention to increase the presence of nato forces in kosovo. in the 25 years since the start of the bombing of belgrade, the goals of the north atlantic alliance have not suffered any serious consequences. changes nato still has a geopolitical interest in strengthening its position in the region and minimizing russian influence. despite the fact that there are still sparks between serbia and kosovo, it seems that the position belgrade has changed somewhat over the course of so many years and has become a little softer.

last summer, a joint exercise between serbian troops and the north atlantic alliance took place, called platinum wolf. experts speculated whether this means that belgrade has forgiven nato and now wants to become part of it... but despite negotiations with representatives of the alliance, vucic publicly denies the need for the country to join the military-political bloc. mr. janich, today we hear more and more often.

and not only in kosovo and metohija, but in others territories of the former yugoslavia, nato is looking for a reason to intervene to occupy the territories of the freedom-loving serbian people, who have been fighting for their freedom for centuries.

in order to return crimea to its state structure and constitutional legal order, in kosovo and metohija, the albanian national minority, as a minority, did not have the right to secede, did not hold a referendum, but illegally voted for a declaration of independence, that is, everything was done through violence against international law, the balkans have always been there for the last 200 years and will continue to be a certain number of years, tens or hundreds of years, like a powder keg. europe, as venston churchel correctly called the balkans, but on the one

hand, this is true on the one hand, on the other hand, in all countries, territories, all peoples that survived a bloody war, there is a vaccine of war, there is a vaccination of blood, people those who have shed blood know the value of peace, they know the value of a simple, calm human life, for this reason i... believe that it will smolder for a long time, if not always, this is the explosive danger in bosnia and herzegovina, where there may be the most explosive situation in all the balkans, in kosovo, but it will not explode, but it will not explode, because at the last moment the parties will withdraw, because they will understand into what abyss they will now fall and... all mine

efforts will be directed towards maintaining the dignity of serbia, in no case will russia remain indifferent to the fate of serbia. this is a quote from a letter from nicholas ii to the king of serbia, alexander karageorgievich, dated july 1914. russia did not leave the serbs alone then, and the serbs remember this. that is why the monument the king is literally two hundred tall. the state was not strong enough to protect serbia, but it was then that both the people and the elites woke up from their liberal sleep and heard lukashenko’s opinion, one cannot rely on the goodwill of the west, only the strong are considered there, after belgrade there may be minsk and moscow, amid the roar of falling . for

beijing, for moscow, but not only, in fact, yes, we are talking about the largest countries, but there were many such countries, countries that are not involved in the architecture of the global west, for all of them, this became a challenge, because for all these countries they put themselves in the place of yugoslavia, in the place of the european one. greater yugoslavia, yes, even though it was already divided after its collapse in 9, but nevertheless, they made themselves understand that well, where is the guarantee that they won’t be in belgrade’s place tomorrow?

that someone specifically wanted to bomb the chinese embassy so that what? most likely this is an unfortunate mistake, but nevertheless this mistake also played a role, and china has already begun to look at the united states differently. end xx century, peacetime, suddenly the bombing of not the last european capital, belgrade. this fact also struck those who were previously ready to march with a focus on the west. 25 years ago , russian prime minister yevgeny primakov was heading to negotiations in the united states, but gave the command to turn the plane around and return home. this was preceded by a telephone call from state vice president al gore. he informed primakov about the imminent start of bombing of yugoslavia. the russian prime minister, in turn, found it impossible to conduct a dialogue in such conditions. attitude to primakov’s gesture

still remains ambiguous. there were also those who accused the russian prime minister of betraying national interests. then the country because of his failed negotiations with '. others argued that the turn over the atlantic returned russia to the peaceful arena and called it a symbol of foreign policy's turn away from prioritizing relations with the west. the bombing of yugoslavia became the occasion for , in fact, the first sharp manifestations of anti-american sentiment in russia. in march 1999, in moscow, protesters threw eggs at the façade of the american embassies, shouted chants of support. serbs insult us president bill clinton. until that moment, one could hardly have thought that the pause that had arisen in russia’s relations with the greater west would be interrupted by civil society. the protests, although they were very sporadic, very spontaneous, in fact no one even

controlled them, and for the first few days they were noisy, and then a well-known provocation was committed. with an attempt to allegedly fire a grenade launcher at the american embassy building and under the pretext of what it means they tried to curtail this provocation as much as possible, such a sobering up towards the west began, a massive sobering up, moreover, i have my own version, which says that if it weren’t for these, this aggression against yugoslavia, not these bombings belgrade. then perhaps there would not have been such a request for a politician like vladimir putin. moscow not only said its word in response to the bombing of yugoslavia, but also gave nato diarrhea , as boris yeltsin said. in june '99, russian peacekeepers

with the help of one battalion, they made a rapid forced march of 600 km and captured the slatina airfield in the kosovo capital, preština. for this one. the scenario came as a complete surprise, but the kosovo serbs, having learned that russian armored vehicles were moving towards slatina, went out into the street with flowers and gifts. they took it as salvation. meanwhile, the british surrounded the airport but took no action pending further instructions. an order came from washington not to escalate. seeing how hopeless the situation is, the us authorities and russia began organizing urgent negotiations, which took place in helsinki. moscow achieved the right.

what they did, that is, the west and america, what they did in kosovo and metohija, they opened pandora’s box, that is, they thereby violated international law, violated the right of inviolability of borders, state sovereignty there, and so on, that is, all this made by their hands, we, unfortunately, as the serbian people, as the serbs have always paid. a high price for their experiments, that is , first there was yugoslavia, which they they destroyed it, then they started to destroy serbia, they took kosovo-metohija, they started nato aggression, all this, in fact, it was all a prelude to the fact that... what awaits other countries, especially russia, belarus, ukraine, well, the post-soviet state , because they needed to make this impact,

we cannot help but discuss, since today the relationship between ukraine and the russian federation and belarus has reached its apogee, the war is at its lowest point, and the number of deaths and victims is increasing every day, hatred is increasing and seems, that this is an abyss that will be impossible to change. unfortunately, ukraine is used as anti-russia, as a testing ground for the implementation of the political global goals of the west and

america, which first used this in 2014, then the coming to power of some people, others who, instead of building up relations with their neighbors with russia, they are still fraternal people, no matter what they do there, it is clear that now the war has changed a lot, but the point is that what... the reason, that is, the same reason as ours, that is kosovo is with us divided, separated, then they say, let's join the european union without borders, but why are you creating borders, now he says, let's join the european union where there are no borders, that's exactly the same there, except that there is a political one, which is the most serious component in ukraine, there is also an economic one, because a black rock company that is now entering serbia too, it owns 60-70% of the land in ukraine, that ’s trillions of dollars, that’s all, that ’s all money. so excuse me, here is an example for you on the 24th, when there were bombings, i talked with svoboda milosevic in the very

the end of these bombings, when they brought him an ultimatum, when they said: listen, either tomorrow we will raze belgrade to the ground, or you sign this agreement, that is, i just want to compare what a statesman is and what a traitor is, that is, here you go example, what did he do, he gathered the government people and said: “listen, our prospects are like this, these crazy people...” really want to compare belgrade to the ground, what are our prospects? well, he says: well, shall we fight? no, he says, we will fight we won’t, that is, i’m not ready for the sake of power, that is, to destroy belgrade and kill people, i will resign and we will sign an agreement, understanding that death awaits him after this. what is zelensky doing? that is, let him learn from the example of a real state leader how to protect the interests of his own country; if he had done this, this war would have happened long ago.

yes, everyone understands the benefits of living in the world, yes, it is beneficial to live in the world, you can, of course,

hate someone else in your heart or have a special attitude in some way, but you understand that if you now you will blow up the situation, you will first of all do bad things to yourself, tourists will not come to you, investments will not come to you, they will not invest money in you, you will live in poverty, people who survived these terrible events? divide russia into many parts, divide belarus, all the parts where

orthodox christians live, serbia, that’s always serbia.

those changes that will ultimately end either in a new big war or, as we all hope, in the construction of a new, fairer, multipolar system. in any case, the western elites, intoxicated by their power and permissiveness , made a fatal mistake 25 years ago; they carelessly threw off their masks and showed

their true faces. this is a cancerous mistake. hegemon cost him world dominance, just as at the beginning of the 20th century, at the dawn of the 21st old world , it burned itself out in the balkans. we follow the sporting life of our country. probably necessary. invest a lot in children, probably try from childhood, let alone try, probably live their lives, probably to the detriment of many of your interests, we should probably just live our lives, our hobbies, and observe the most interesting event, and what is luck, luck is work, if someone didn’t know, luck develops when you are lucky, someone says he is lucky, no , he works hard, he

wants it more, he, well, that’s how the stars align. we listen to the opinion of competent specialists, we melted correctly in the game, but this is the playoffs, naturally, emotions will overwhelm a little, but we must be able to not succumb to provocations, all this is in sports projects on the belarus 24 tv channel.