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385321484. According to a 9 August 1995 report by Ševo, the commander of the SVK 15thCorps, on 5 August 1995, at 5 p.m., his command decided to pull out its units from theTitova Korenica and Udbina area and commit them to the persistent defence of an areaof Donji Lapac municipality, but this decision was not carried out due to the generalwithdrawal of forces and civilian population in the area of Donji Lapac. 5693 Ševo furtherreported that on the night of 5 August 1995, all units withdrew to the area of DonjiLapac municipality and some units independently decided to follow the civilianpopulation to Bosansko Petrovac, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 56941485. Dragutin Repinć, Chief of the Planning Department in the HV Main Staff andan expert on military training and planning, 5695 testified that on 7 August 1995 beforethe Special Police launched an attack to liberate Donji Lapac, the commander of theJordanian Battalion of UNCRO was notified of the Special Police Forces’ plan to useartillery and rocket fire on the attack axes in direction of Donji and Gornji Lapac. 5696Repinć referred to an analysis by Markač that noted that between 2 and 2:40 p.m., afterthe liberation of Donji Lapac, the Collective Special Police Forces were exposed tofierce friendly artillery fire, whereas the War Diary of the Artillery and Rocket Battalionof the 9th Guards Brigade of the HV reports the fire to have started at 1:30 p.m. on 7August 1995 and to be have directed 175 rockets or missiles at targets in GornjiLapac. 5697 According to Repinć, this discrepancy is likely due to an erroneous entry inthe War Diary, or possibly because artillery was used both against Donji and GornjiLapac, but the former was not recorded. 5698 According to Repinć this incident revealed alack of sufficient co-ordination between the Gospić MD and the Special Police and ofspecific boundaries in which the units were supposed to operate. 56991486. On 7 August 1995 at 8:35 a.m., JORBAT reported that the HV artillery shelledDonji Lapac from Udbina. 5700 On the same day, at 1:35 p.m., JORBAT reportedextensive artillery shelling against Donji Lapac. 57015693 D1521 (Report on combat operations to the SVK Main Staff, Stevo Ševo, 9 August 1995), pp. 4-5.5694 D1521 (Report on combat operations to the SVK Main Staff, Stevo Ševo, 9 August 1995), p. 5.5695 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), paras 1-16; Dragutin Repinć, T. 26661-26665.5696 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), paras 149-151.5697 D1932 (Dragutin Repinć, Expert Report, December 2009), para. 152; D1923 (War Diary of theArtillery Rocket Battalion of the 9th Guards Motorized Brigade, entry of 7 August 1995), p. 2.5698 Dragutin Repinć, T. 26733-26734.5699 Dragutin Repinć, T. 26734-26735.5700 P110 (UNMO Sector South update situation report, noon, 7 August 1995); P111 (UNMO SectorSouth daily situation report, 8 p.m., 7 August 1995), pp. 1, 4.783Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `