Keychain Target 1999

A pendant in memory of the victims of aggression, i.e. NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which lasted from March 24 to June 10, 1999.

According to data from the Ministry of Defense of Serbia, 2,500 civilians were killed during the NATO air aggression, including 89 children and 1,031 members of the Army and police. According to the same source, around 6,000 civilians were wounded, of which 2,700 were children, as well as 5,173 soldiers and policemen, and 25 people are still missing today.

There is almost no city in Serbia that was not targeted during the 11 weeks. A large part of the infrastructure, economic facilities, schools, health institutions, media houses, cultural monuments were destroyed. About 50 percent of Serbia's production capacity was destroyed. Various data were presented about the material damage caused during the NATO aggression.

In the bombing, 25,000 residential buildings were destroyed and damaged, 470 kilometers of roads and 595 kilometers of railways were disabled. 14 airports, 19 hospitals, 20 health centers, 18 kindergartens, 69 schools, 176 cultural monuments and 44 bridges were damaged, while 38 were destroyed.

The Chinese embassy in Belgrade was destroyed on May 7, 1999. The RTS building in Belgrade was destroyed on April 23. 16 people died and the same number were wounded. The RT Vojvodina building, then Novi Sad Television, was hit and demolished on May 3, 1999.