Operation Star '94

Operacija Star 94'
Part of the Bosnian War
DateApril 6–18, 1994
Location
Podrinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result Army of Republika Srpska victory
Belligerents
 Republika Srpska
Russian volunteers		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
NATO NATO
Commanders and leaders
Republika Srpska Radovan Grubač
Aleksandar Škrabov		 Ferid Buljubašić
Units involved
Unknown Unknown
Strength
13.000 – 14.000[1] 8.000[2]
Casualties and losses
Republika Srpska 100 Killed
Republika Srpska 300 Wounded[3]		 300 Killed
1000 Wounded[4]

Operation Star 94 (Serbian: Operacija Zvezda 94') is the code name for the operation of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) in the spring of 1994, in Gornje Podrinje.[5] The goal of the operation was to force the political leadership of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to negotiate the signing of an armistice by capturing Goražde.[6][7]

  1. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  2. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  3. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  4. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  5. ^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  6. ^ "Операција Звијезда 94 - Горажде 1994". odbrambeno-otadzbinskirat.blogspot.com. 3 October 2013.
  7. ^ Burg & Shoup 1999, pp. 149–151.