Posted 3 марта 2022,, 16:18

Published 3 марта 2022,, 16:18

Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:38

Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:38

Photos of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 were mistaken for Ukrainian on the Internet

Photos of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 were mistaken for Ukrainian on the Internet

3 марта 2022, 16:18
Фото: rvs.su
Serbian veteran Vladan Milicevic conducted a "small sociological experiment": on a number of sites in the US, UK and Australia, he published unsigned pictures taken during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, and called on netizens to condemn what had happened.

As Milicevic told the TASS news agency on Sunday, his posts have garnered thousands of likes and hundreds of angry comments.

After that, the Serb told the audience that all these photographs are evidence of Western aggression against Serbia.

“I posted photos of the bombings (of Yugoslavia) and did not indicate anywhere where they were taken. And people, of course, thought it was from Ukraine, and there were comments and condemnations. Only after that I thanked the audience and wrote what kind of photos they really are. It was about three in the morning, and in the morning, when I tried to check the publications, I no longer had access, they either blocked me or erased me”, - Vladan said in an interview with TASS.

“I would call it a small sociological experiment. The West is very inclined to condemn someone if it is in their interests, on the other hand, it justifies the actions that it itself carries out, in our case it is the "Merciful Angel" I was a soldier in Belgrade during the bombing and I am very emotional about all this. I only regret that I could not post this on the NATO website, they can’t even publish a comment in the form of a photo. Media is their biggest weapon, this is how they create a picture new world, and Orthodoxy is a thorn in their eyes”, - the Serbian veteran explained the reasons for his actions.

Vladan Milicevic also told the agency that he loves poetry and writes poetry himself, and has been learning Russian for a year in order to read Tsvetaeva's works in the original. “Without Russian literature, this world would be a dreary place”, - he noted.

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