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A S S E S S M E N T
OF THREAT AND OF PROTECTION AND
RESCUE POSSIBILITIES
Knin, April 1995 68
Head of the Republican Civil
Defence Headquarters
Lieut. Colonel
Duško Babić 67
I. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT AND EXPOSURE TO COMBAT OPERATIONS
1. Th e Position of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
Th e Republic of Serbian Krajina, part of the former SFRY, is a non-compact area
comprising, conditionally speaking, two entities.
One territorially linked entity is made up of Northern Dalmatia, Lika, Kordun, Banija
and, conditionally, Western Slavonia, which can also be treated as a separate territorial
entity considering its communications. Th is territorial entity is situated between today’s
Republic of Croatia and the Cazin area, while parts of Northern Dalmatia, Bosnia and
Western Slavonia are connected with Republika Srpska.
Th e second territorial entity comprises Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem,
bordering in the west on the Republic of Croatia, in the north on Hungary, and linked in
the east with the Republic of Serbia (SR Yugoslavia).
Th e total length of the border with the Republic of Croatia is 923 km, with the Cazin area
118 km, and with Hungary 79 km.
Th e area of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (without parts under UN protection and
parts occupied by the Republic of Croatia) is 17,028 sq.km., and its population totals
430,000, out of whom 120,000 are refugees (partly war-stricken people who fl ed from
the Republic of Croatia to the Republic of Serbian Krajina).
Th e average population density is 25 per sq.km., and it is rather uneven, ranging from 54
per sq.km. in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem to 10 per sq.km. in Lika.
Th e form of the Republic of Serbian Krajina is particularly characteristic because of its
great length and small depth (width). Th e greatest depth is 63.1 km. (between the villages
of Škabrnja and Tiškovac), and the smallest at Jasenovac - 2.5 km., between Vedro Polje/
Sunja and Kostajnica - 12.5 km., and between the village of Čanak and the border on
Mount Plješevica - 19.5 km.
67 Ibid.
68 Th e original read: Knin, August 1994. Th e new date was added by hand.