Republika Srpska leaders Biljana Plavšić and Momčilo Krajišnik were convicted Legal_rulings for the deportations and forcible transfers in the ethnic cleansing Emptying that followed Motion the massacre .

Radovan Karadžić , the former President of Republika Srpska , was convicted Legal_rulings for the massacre and other crimes against humanity committed Commitment in Bijeljina .

Its objective was to create Creating a security buffer between Croatia and positions held Hold by the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) and to put Placing the largest Bosnian Serb-held city , Banja Luka , in jeopardy by capturing Arrest the towns of Jajce , Šipovo and Drvar .

After being initially besieged Besieging by the forces of the Yugoslav People 's Army , Sarajevo was besieged Besieging by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 ( 1,425 days ) during the Bosnian War .

When Bosnia and Herzegovina declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia after the 1992 Bosnian independence referendum , the Bosnian Serbs—whose strategic goal was to create Creating a new Bosnian Serb state of Republika Srpska ( RS ) that would include Cause_to_be_included Bosniak-majority areas—encircled Sarajevo with a siege force of 13,000 stationed in the surrounding hills .

The attacks were primarily designed Creating to draw Removing the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) away from the besieged Besieging city of Bihać .

The secondary objective was threatening the single direct supply route between Drvar in the Bosnian Serb Republika Srpska and Knin , the capital of the Croatian Serb Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) .

The RSK relied Supply on the Republika Srpska and Yugoslav militaries as its strategic reserve , but they did not intervene Hindering in the battle .

The attacking Attack force of 8,500 troops commanded by HV 's Lieutenant General Ante Gotovina initially encountered Hostile_encounter strong resistance from the 5,500-strong Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) 2nd Krajina Corps .

It was designed Creating to push the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) away from the city towards Popovo field and secure a supply Supply route via Rijeka Dubrovačka , which was gained Getting in early June as the Siege of Dubrovnik by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) was lifted .

It was launched from the area of Bihać on 13 September 1995 , against the Army of Republika Srpska ( `` Vojska Republike Srpske '' – VRS ) , and involved Participation advances towards Bosanski Petrovac , Sanski Most and Bosanska Krupa .

The rioting Violence largely took place Process_start in the entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the same level of unrest Violence or activism Social_event did not occur Presence in Republika Srpska .

Its goal Aiming was to help Assistance the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ARBiH ) whose positions around the town of Ključ , captured Arrest by them during Operation Sana , were endangered Destroying by a counteroffensive by the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) .

Operation Jackal ( , Операција Чагаљ ) , also known as Operation June Dawns ( Operacija Lipanjske zore , Операција Липањске зоре ) , was an offensive of the Bosnian War fought Hostile_encounter between a combined Croatian Army ( HV ) and Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) army against the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) from 7–26 June 1992 .

Operation Military_operation Vrbas '92 ( ) was a military offensive undertaken by the Army of Republika Srpska ( `` Vojska Republike Srpske '' – VRS ) in June–October 1992 , during the Bosnian War .

The Markale market shelling Attack or Markale massacres were two separate bombardments carried out Action by the Army of Republika Srpska targeting Aiming civilians during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War .

The responsibility of the Army of the Republika Srpska for the first shelling Attack is contested .

Operation Military_operation Corridor 92 ( , `` Operacija Koridor 92 '' ) was the largest operation conducted Action during the Bosnian War by the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) against the forces Military_operation of the Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) and the Croatian Army ( HV ) in the Bosanska Posavina region of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina between 24 June and 6 October 1992 .

Republika Srpska claimed Statement that all the homes were systematically torched by Bosniak armed group , but this could not be independently verified Check during the trial of Naser Orić by the ICTY , where the judges concluded that many houses were already previously destroyed Destroying during the war .

The main belligerents were the forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and those of the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb and Bosnian Croat entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina , Republika Srpska and Herzeg-Bosnia , which were led Causation and supplied Supply by Serbia and Croatia , respectively .

The conflict Hostile_encounter was initially between the Yugoslav Army units in Bosnia which later transformed Change into the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) on the one side , and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ARBiH ) which was largely composed of Bosniaks , and the Croat forces in the Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) on the other side .

The Serbs , although initially militarily superior due to the weapons and resources provided Supply by the JNA , eventually lost Earnings_and_losses momentum as the Bosniaks and Croats allied Collaboration themselves against the Republika Srpska in 1994 with the creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the Washington agreement .

Pakistan defied Agree_or_refuse_to_act the UN 's ban on supply of arms and airlifted Supply missiles to the Bosnian Muslims , while after the Srebrenica and Markale massacres , NATO intervened Hindering in 1995 with Operation Deliberate Force targeting Aiming the positions of the Army of the Republika Srpska , which proved key in ending Process_end the war .