the operation commenced Process_start during a north atlantic treaty organisation ( nato ) air campaign against the vrs codenamed Military_operation operation deliberate force Hostile_encounter , targeting Aiming vrs air defences Defending , artillery positions and storage facilities largely in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

the operation commenced Process_start during a north atlantic treaty organisation ( nato ) air campaign against the vrs codenamed Military_operation operation deliberate force Hostile_encounter , targeting Aiming vrs air defences Defending , artillery positions and storage facilities largely in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

the operation failed to achieve Achieve its declared Expressing_publicly primary goal of drawing vrs units away from the besieged Besieging city of UNK , but it placed Placing the hv in position to capture Conquering the rsk 's capital knin in operation storm Catastrophe days later .

the area was viewed Perception_active as strategic to the croatian military effort by the hv general staff because it presented Presence an obstacle to the supply Supply of the rsk and it pinned down a portion of the rsk military , as well as some vrs forces Military_operation that would otherwise have been redeployed Arranging .

at the same time , the croatian army ( `` hrvatska vojska '' UNK hv ) and the croatian defence council ( `` hrvatsko unk unk '' UNK hvo ) were engaging the vrs in operation unk 2 further to the southeast .

the operation commenced Process_start during a nato bombing campaign against the vrs , codenamed operation deliberate force , which targeted Aiming bosnian serb air defences , artillery and storage facilities initially in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .