The 9th Corps of the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) led by Colonel Ratko Mladić and the forces of the Serbian Autonomous Oblast ( region ) of Krajina ( SAO Krajina ) under Knin police chief Milan Martić besieged Besieging the Croat-inhabited village of Kijevo in late April and early May 1991 .

The killings took place Process_start during and in the immediate aftermath of the occupation of the village by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) supported Supporting by Croatian Serb forces and `` Dušan Silni '' paramilitaries on 10 October , two days after Croatia declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Barracks ( ) was a series of engagements Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in mid-to-late 1991 between the Croatian National Guard ( `` Zbor narodne garde '' – ZNG , later renamed Name_conferral the Croatian Army ) and the Croatian police on one side and the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) on another .

The 1991 protest in Split was a street protest against the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) held Hold in Split , Croatia on 6 May 1991 .

The fighting prompted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Presidency of Yugoslavia to order Request the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) to step in and create Creating a buffer zone between the opposing forces .

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 Saborsko massacre Killing ( , ) was the killing Killing of 29 Croat residents of the village of Saborsko on 12 November 1991 , following the seizure of the village in a Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) and Croatian Serb offensive during the Croatian War of Independence .