Operation Brana 94

Operation Brana 94 was the name of the operation of the joint forces of the 3rd Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), which began on June 1, 1994,^[1] from the direction of Zavidović and with shorter interruptions that lasted until 5 July 1994. In the end, the Serbs, with far fewer soldiers, managed to defend Vozuća.^[2]

Operation Brana 94
Part of the Bosnian War
Date 1 June – 5 July 1994 Location Vozuća, Ozren, Republika Srpska Result Army of Republika Srpska victory ARBiH units failed to cut off Vozuća from the rest of Republika Srpska, so they retreated
Belligerents
Republika Srpska	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Vladeta Živković Nedeljko Suvajac	Refik Lendo Jasmin Šarić Fuad Ziklić Ibrahima Hukić Šerif Patković
Units involved
Army of Republika Srpska 2nd Ozren Brigade 43rd Prijedor Motorized Brigade Garda Panteri 1st Srbac Brigade Wolves of Vučjak	2nd Corpus 3rd Corpus Black Swans El Mudžahid
Strength
Around 3,000 soldiers	17,000 soldiers 500–700 volunteers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	over 200 killed

Operational Group Bosnia, led by Colonel Refik Lendo, with about 5,000 soldiers from three mountain brigades (318th Zavidovića under the command of Major Jasmin Šarić, 320th Zavidovića under the command of Major Fuad Zilkić, and 309th Kakanjska under the command of Major Ibrahim Hukić, which are standard held lines in that sector They were reinforced by strike formations from the Third Corps: the 7th Muslim Brigade under the command of Colonel Sherif Patković, El Mujahid Detachment. Special unit "Delta", sabotage unit "Asim Čamdžić", 303rd mountain unit led by Major Muhamed Begagić, 311th light unit from Kakanj under the command of Major Fadil Imamović, 314th mountain unit from Zenica under the command of Major Dževad Smajlagić, 330. no. unit from Nemila, two light brigades from the Tešnja region, the 3rd battalion of the IDG and the elite 120th brigade "Black Swans". All the mentioned military units came from the direction of Zavidović and the ethnically cleansed Gostović. They were supervised by the commander of the Land Army, General Rasim Delić, from the IKM branch in Brašljevina.^[3][4] In an effort to cover up the defeat, Muslim officers publicly displayed a reduced number of participants in Operation Brana 94, as US military experts estimate a total participation of 17,000 soldiers from both corps.^[5] The bulk of the initial attack of the 3rd Corps, whose headquarters was in Zenica, was concentrated on the positions of the Vučia Brigade of the VRS from Podnovlje in the area of Svinjašnica (from the Krivaja River to Podsjelovo), which was commanded by Captain Vladeta Živković, and on the Motajic Battalion in the Podvolijak area (from the Krivaja River to the village of Oštrića) under the command of Neđeljko Suvajc Pepe.