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Two years after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, people in Kyiv and the surrounding areas say they feel forgotten by the international public after the global focus shifted towards Gaza. But despite the persistent hardships, they insist they won’t succumb to conflict fatigue.

Nick Teunissen was so intrigued by a photograph of a young Bosnian who went missing during the Srebrenica genocide, he decided to write a book that would illuminate some of the real lives behind the headlines and casualty figures.

On the eve of the second anniversary of the full scale Russian invasion, Ukrainians are experiencing feelings that citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have long been familiar with: the fear of new escalations and destabilisation, the search for justice and the complicating fact that many perpetrators are out of reach, and the feeling that the world has turned its attention elsewhere.

Thirty years after the Ottoman-era Old Bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar was brought down by artillery fire, a soldier who captured its collapse on video looks back on the destruction and reconstruction of this symbol of a divided city.

Ahead of the appeal in the Hague court’s trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, the widow of a man killed by Serb fighters operating in Bosnia in 1995 said she wants to see justice done.

Since the Netherlands started offering compensation to relatives of certain Srebrenica genocide victims because Dutch peacekeeping troops failed to protect them, millions of euros have been paid out but several thousand applications are pending.

Since the Uborak and Sutina massacres, the most serious war crimes in the Herzegovina region during the 1990s conflict, the victims’ families have been calling for a dignified memorial, but have faced indifference from ethno-nationalist political leaders.

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In the second in a three-part series, survivors of the 1992 Uborak and Sutina massacres speak about their long campaign for justice and the potential role of the Hague Tribunal’s archives in identifying suspects is examined.

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The Uborak and Sutina massacres near Mostar were the first and the largest war crimes in the Herzegovina region during the 1990s conflict. In the first in a three-part series, eyewitnesses recall the executions that left 114 people dead.

Relatives of 121 Bosniaks who were killed in June 1992 in the Kalinovik area marked the 30th anniversary by walking between the sites where their loved ones died.

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After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

Untold Stories: How a Photo from Srebrenica Inspired Dutch Author’s Book

Echoes of Bosnian war in Ukraine: Fear of the future and a longing for justice

In Bosnia’s Mostar, Eyewitness Recalls Shock of Historic Bridge’s Destruction

Serb Paramilitary Killers Must Face Justice, Bosnian Widow Pleads

Netherlands Pays €8.7 Million to Srebrenica Victims’ Relatives

Mostar’s Unpunished Massacres, Part 3: The Long Wait for a Memorial

Mostar’s Unpunished Massacres, Part 2: The Campaign for Justice

Mostar’s Unpunished Massacres, Part 1: Eyewitnesses Tell the Story

Victims’ Families Walk ‘Route of Death’ in Bosnia’s Kalinovik

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