The 1991 siege of Kijevo was one of the earliest conflicts Hostile_encounter in the Croatian War of Independence .

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 .

Kijevo was captured Getting on 26 August , and subsequently looted Theft and burned Destroying .

The fighting in Kijevo was significant as one of the first instances when the JNA openly sided Self_motion with the SAO Krajina against Croatian authorities .

The Croatian police fled Escaping Kijevo towards the town of Drniš and the remaining Croatian population left Departing the village .

Martić was tried Self_motion at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) on several different charges of war crimes including , his involvement Participation in the siege of Kijevo .

The trial resulted in Causation a guilty verdict , and the findings of the Trial Chamber regarding Kijevo , made in 2007 , were confirmed Check by the ICTY Appeals Chamber in 2008 , based Causation on witness testimonies about it being ethnic cleansing .

Croatian authorities tried Mladić `` in absentia '' and convicted Legal_rulings him for war crimes committed Commitment in Kijevo .

The protesters demanded Request an end Process_end to the JNA-imposed blockade of the village of Kijevo .

The blockade Besieging of Kijevo was lifted Process_end through negotiations Communication days after the protest .