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subordinated to the 1st Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade and treated as a reconnaissance and
sabotage detachment. 3351
1686. 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 between with the
Special Purpose Units of the Republic of Serbia MUP in the Drina Corps zone of
responsibility. 3352 According to Živanović, superior officers and instructors of a Special
Purpose Unit formed in Bratunac were members of the Republic of Serbia MUP. The Serbian
MUP instructors had trained 70 military conscripts from Bratunac. 3353 The unit in Bratunac
was controlled and commanded by the Republic of Serbia MUP and under the direct
command of Vasilije Mijović. The report further stated that while Mijović as commander of
the unit in Bratunac collaborated with the Commander of the Brigade, he had “started a little
‘war’ with the representatives of the local authorities”. 3354 Živanović suggested that the MoD
find a solution for subordinating the Police units to the Brigade commands, and prevent the
further forming of units and of conscripts crossing from the Army over to other structures. 3355
1687. In an urgent order dated 5 June 1993 from Drina Corps Command Colonel Milutin
Skočajić, 20 soldiers from the anti-sabotage unit of the 1st Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade
commanded by Mijović, were instructed to report to Lieutenant Colonel Cerović on 6 June
1993. 3356 The Trial Chamber has received further documentary evidence indicating that the
Bratunac Light Infantry Brigade was subordinated to the Drina Corps Command, which in
turn was subordinated to the Main Staff of the VRS. 3357
1688. In an 18 June 1993 order signed by Vasilije Mijović as Commander of the Serbian
MUP Special Purpose Unit, Momir Filipović was deployed to this Special Purpose Unit in
3351 P3123 (VRS order for the re-subordination of the Special Unit of the MUP of Serbia, signed by General
Ratko Mladić, 13 May 1993); P1081 (Bratunac Light Brigade re-subordination order of MUP Special Purposes
Unit under the command of Vasilije Mijović, 15 May 1993); D178 (Drina Corps Command report on the
subordination of the MUP Special Unit, signed by Colonel Milutin Skočajić, 13 May 1993).
3352 P2683 (Drina Corps Command report, Colonel Milenko Živanović, 14 May 1993).
3353 P2683 (Report to the Main Staff on Special Purpose Units of the Serbian MUP, Milenko Živanović, 14 May
1993), p. 2.
3354 P2683 (Drina Corps Command report, Colonel Milenko Živanović, 14 May 1993), p. 2.
3355 P2683 (Drina Corps Command report, Colonel Milenko Živanović, 14 May 1993), p. 3.
3356 D963 (Order from Drina Corps Command for 20 members of the anti-sabotage of the 1st Bratunac Light
Infantry Brigade to report to Lt. Cl. Cerović, signed by Colonel Milutin Skočajić, 5 June 1993). The Trial
Chamber notes that the order appears to have been dated 5 June 1992, which the Trial Chamber understands
from the context to have been an error.
3357 P385 (Urgent directive for further operations of the VRS, signed by General Ratko Mladic, 19 November
1992); D179 (Report from Bratunac Lpbr Command to Drina Corps Command, signed by Borivoje Tešić, 25
November 1992); D181 (Urgent report from Bratunac Lpbr Command to Drina Corps Command, signed by
Borivoje Tešić, 27 November 1992); P276 (Urgent report from Command of the Bratunac Lpbr to the Main Staff
of the VRS and the Command of the Drina Corps, signed by Miladin Prstojević, 25 January 1993).
Case No. IT-03-69-T 597
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