The occupation of Lovas and the killing Killing and expulsion of its civilian population was included Cause_to_be_included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) indictments of the President of Serbia , Slobodan Milošević , and Goran Hadžić , a high-ranking official of the Croatian Serb-declared wartime breakaway region of SAO Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Syrmia .

The remaining United Nations Transitional Authority for Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Sirmium ( UNTAES ) zone was peacefully reintegrated Becoming_a_member into Croatia by 1998 .

The refugees initially fled Escaping to Bosnia and Herzegovina , but the majority were soon settled in the JNA-held Baranja region of eastern Croatia .

They tried to fight Defending off an attack Attack by the Croatian Serb SAO Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Syrmia ( SAO SBWS ) Territorial Defence Forces , supported Supporting by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) and the Serb Volunteer Guard paramilitaries .

The three HV offensives launched Process_start in Western Slavonia in late-1991 led to Causation the displacement of approximately 20,000 Croatian Serb refugees who were later settled Resolve_problem in the JNA-held Baranja region in eastern Croatia .