Kijevo, Croatia

Kijevo is a small village in the Dalmatian hinterland, southeast of Knin in the ?ibenik-Knin county. Kijevo lies underneath the Dinara mountain and near the source of river Cetina. The population of the municipality is 533 (2001).

Related Topics:
Dalmatia - Knin - ?ibenik-Knin county - Dinara - Cetina

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Kijevo gained infamy during the war in Croatia in 1990 and 1991 when it was one of the first places attacked by the rebel Serbs in the formation of Republic of Serbian Krajina. The Croatian Ministry of the Interior established a police station in Kijevo which was then a village of 1,261 people, 99.6% Croats, but surrounded by ethnic Serbian villages of Pola?a, Civljane and Cetina. Kijevo was soon surrounded and beseiged by the Serbian forces of Milan Marti? on August 17, 1990, who put up barricades and prevented entry into the village. On August 18, 1991, Milan Marti? laid down an ultimatum to the police and inhabitants of Kijevo, asking them to leave.

Related Topics:
War in Croatia - 1990 - 1991 - Serbs - Republic of Serbian Krajina - Croats - Milan Marti? - August 17 - August 18

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Finally on August 26 and August 27, 1991, the Yugoslav People's Army under colonel Ratko Mladi? attacked the village with heavy armament and invaded it, which caused the Croatian forces to flee for Drni?. The remaining Croatian population left after the artillery had destroyed much of their settlements. The reporter of Belgrade television Vesna Jugovi? recorded these events. Marti?http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mar-2ai030909e.htm and Mladi?http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mla-ai021010e.htm have been testified against at the ICTY due to this instance of ethnic cleansing.

Related Topics:
August 26 - August 27 - 1991 - Yugoslav People's Army - Ratko Mladi? - Drni? - Belgrade - ICTY - Ethnic cleansing

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