Mladic

British

/ məˈladɪtʃ /

noun

Ratko (ˈratko). born 1943, Bosnian military figure, commander of the Bosnian Serb forces during the civil war of 1992–95; indicted by the U.N. for war crimes, including the massacre of 6000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica (1995); his trial at an international criminal tribunal in the Hague began in 2012

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Mladic disappeared in 1995 and was only tracked down in rural Serbia in 2011 after 16 years on the run.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

His Bosnian Serb ally Radovan Karadzic and the Bosnian Serb military leader, Gen. Ratko Mladic, were successfully prosecuted and are both now serving life sentences.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

In a statement, Serbia's Interior Ministry said the police were enforcing public order and an earlier ban on all public gatherings related to the wall painting of Mladic.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2021

"Maybe there will be more graffiti for a short period. But maybe soon there will be less, or it will stop. The posters of Ratko Mladic put up in Srebrenica this week have already disappeared."

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2021

Now 79, Mr. Mladic has always maintained that he was just fulfilling his military duties and was defiantly unapologetic throughout the course of the proceedings.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2021

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