Exactly 30 years ago, a record 3,777 shells fell on Sarajevo in a single day

(Patria) - The record of 3,777 shells fired at Sarajevo in one day was registered on July 22, 1993.

The shells caused enormous damage, with civilian, cultural, and religious objects suffering the most.

People were killed, civilian, cultural, religious objects, and even hospitals were destroyed. During the siege, an average of 329 shells fell on Sarajevo daily.

During the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted four years, 120 mortars and 250 JNA tanks were stationed on the surrounding hills, which later fell into the hands of the Army of Republika Srpska. Their goal was to starve and demoralize the population in the cruelest ways.

A terrible example is the massacre at the open market Markale when, in February 1994, shells fired from Serbian positions on Špicasta stijena hit a crowd of people, killing 68 Sarajevans.

During the siege of Sarajevo, 12,000 people were killed, including 1,600 children, and 50,000 people were lightly and seriously wounded.

The siege of Sarajevo by the Serbian aggressor officially ended on February 29, 1996. It was an almost four-year blockade of Sarajevo during the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina, writes Historija.ba.

The siege began with the capture of the international airport by the JNA on the night of April 4-5, 1992. The siege of Sarajevo, with 1,425 days, is one of the longest in the history of modern warfare.

After the "Berlin Airlift", this was the "longest" airlift in the history of world aviation.

During its "duration", over ten thousand aircraft landed and took off from the airport, bringing humanitarian aid, UN forces, and evacuating wounded civilians for treatment.

The airlift itself, according to UNHCR data, was not sufficient to deliver food to the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, if there was any talk of security at all, it proved to be the safest.

While convoys stood still, halted by misunderstandings with field commanders, conflicts, or weather conditions, an average of 20-25 planes landed at Sarajevo airport daily, meaning ten tons of food per flight.

Ninety percent of aid to Sarajevo arrived by air.