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1658. In a hand-written biography written at Tara on 4 December 1993, Nikola Pilipović
wrote that he was in Skelani from the beginning of February to July 1993. 3289 In an undated
handwritten note, Ranko Lačević wrote that after joining the Special Purpose Unit of the
MUP of Serbia in January 1993, he took part in operations in the Drina area, including
Skelani, Osmaće, Srebrenica, Bratunac, and Zvornik prior to August 1993. 3290 The Trial
Chamber further recalls the documentary evidence reviewed in relation to the Tara camp,
indicating that from Tara, Milenko Popović participated in the fighting in the area of
Srebrenica until the end of April.
1659. On 6 May 1993, Commander Vukoja Vuković of the Tactical Group 1 reported to the
Drina Corps Commander that there allegedly existed an intervention unit in the Skelani camp
and that 57 troops from Skelani wearing the so-called red berets and commanded by “Frenki”
and Božović were in the Skelani camp. Vuković reported that these 57 persons were all
considered military conscript of the Skelani Battalion, although they never spent a day in it,
and he proposed that they be moved to his battalion. 3291
1660. On 14 May 1993, Colonel Milenko Živanović of the Drina Corps Command reported
to the Bosnian-Serb Republic Main Staff on problems in the relations with the Special
Purpose Units of the Serbian MUP. According to Živanović, the superior officers and
instructors of a Special Purpose Unit formed in Skelani were members of the Republic of
Serbia MUP. The Serbian MUP instructors had trained 57 military conscripts from the
territory of Skelani. The unit in Skelani was commanded by the Republic of Serbia MUP
to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 March 1995), p. 11; P462 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily
Allowances for 16 to 30 April 1995), p. 6; P463 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15
April 1995), p. 7; P464 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to May 1995), p. 7; P465
(List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 May 1995), p. 20; P466 (List of JATD
members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 June 1995), p. 22; P467 (List of JATD members to be Paid
Daily Allowances for 16 to 30 June 1995), p. 21; P468 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for
1 to 15 July 1995), p. 13; P540 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 July 1995), p.
14; P541 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 August 1995), p. 9; P542 (List of
JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 August 1995), p. 9; P347 (List of JATD members to be
Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 30 September 1995), p. 19; P543 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily
Allowances for 1 to 15 September 1995), p. 28; P348 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1
to 15 October 1995), p. 40; P349 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 October
1995), p. 12; P544 (List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 November 1995), p. 6; P545
(List of JATD members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 30 November 1995), p. 69; P546 (List of JATD
members to be Paid Daily Allowances for 1 to 15 December 1995), p. 19; P547 (List of JATD members to be
Paid Daily Allowances for 16 to 31 December 1995), p. 26.
3289 P3195 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Nikola Pilipović), pp. 13-14 (Hand-written
autobiography by Nikola Pilipović, Tara, 4 December 1993).
3290 P3172 (Series of Serbian MUP SDB documents relating to Ranko Lačević), p. 1 (Handwritten statement by
Ranko Lačević).
3291 P1441 (Report to the Drina Corps Commander, signed by Commander Vukoja Vuković, 6 May 1993), p. 2;
P1438 (Explanation of the death of Colonel Sevilović), p. 2.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 586
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