1/
#Vucic
is preparing
#Serbia
's public for war by targeting a key military recruiting pool.
Last night at the UEFA Champions League match in Belgrade between Crvena Zvezda and Young Boys, a banner was unfurled of Stefan Nedeljković, a terrorist killed at Banjska in
#Kosovo
1/🧵on:
-
#Kosovo
🇽🇰clashes
-Appeasement towards
#Serbia
🇷🇸
-
#Vu
čić planning violent domestic street protests?
The footage from
#Kosovo
shows that attacks on
#KFOR
were well organized & led by groups trained in anti-police actions, such as criminal football hooligan-based gangs.
Serbian demonstrators and hooligans who today attacked
#NATO
members and Kosovo
#Police
in the north of
#Kosovo
, wore identical caps worn by the infamous Veljko Belivuk, the leader of a criminal group who did services for the state of
#Serbia
, that is, for Aleksandar
#Vucic
🧵1/ Who is Milan Radoičić, the alleged leader of the
#terrorist
group at the Banjska Monastery in north
#Kosovo
?
He is a close friend/ally of
#Serbia
's president Aleksandar Vučić, who referred to him as the "guardian of Kosovo Serbs".
1/ 🧵on protests today in
#Serbia
. A crowd of more than 50,000 gathered in
#Belgrade
to protest against violence and narcissistic, authoritarian president Aleksandar
#Vu
čić. The last time I saw crowds this large was at assassinated PM Zoran #Đinđić's funeral in 2003.
1/ A🧵about 2 rallies in
#Belgrade
#Serbia
.
Both took place under pouring rain.
One had full support of
#Vu
čić &
#Serbia
's state apparatus.
The other had no state support. Just people power.
Vučić is now panicking.
A critical intervention by German MEP
@Gahler_Michael
, a foreign policy spokesman for
@EPPGroup
, on
@MiroslavLajcak
’s performance as EU envoy for Kosovo & Serbia.
Crucial questions about his siding with Serbia’s president
@AVucic
& an accurate summary of his failures since 2020.
#Kosovo
's Minister of Interior presents drone video footage captured from Radoicic's terrorists that shows they trained at the
#Serbian
Army base at Pasuljanske Livade.
It is crystal clear that the
#Serbian
government fully supported this terrorist act.
Vulin. Again.
🧵1/ Today at the
#Belgrade
airport, 🇷🇸 police refused entry to
#Russian
anti-war activist Pyotr Nikitin on the order of the BIA, allegedly from Vulin personally. Nikitin has had permanent residence in
#Serbia
for 7 years, a
#Serbian
wife & 2 children.
My dear friend Aida Ćorović is the latest victim of Vučić's police state. Her crime? Throwing an egg at an illegal, state-sanctioned & protected mural of convicted-for-genocide war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade.
#Serbia
@OSCE_Serbia
@coe
@usambserbia
1/ 🧵Every Circus has a clown. Today’s session of
#Serbia
’s 🇷🇸 Parliament opened the next act of President Aleksandar
#Vu
čić’s
#Kosovo
🇽🇰 Kabuki Theater. It gave new meaning to the saying: “not my monkeys, not my circus,” and included a convicted rapist and an alleged murder.
🧵1/
#EU
🇪🇺 MEPs' report on
#Serbia
: 🇷🇸 across 33 negotiating chapters, Serbia: "has not improved" & "the Commission did not detect 'good progress' in any chapter."
#Kosovo
#Vucic
While at Batajnica did
@USEmbassySerbia
visit the graves of the 744 massacred Albanian civilians buried there? Or is he simply continuing his naïve efforts to appease
#Vu
čić?
#Serbia
Gaslighting at its finest.
1) KFOR & the international community condemn
#Kurti
for sending
#Kosovo
Police into the north & call it inflammatory.
2)
#KFOR
says that Kosovo Police are responsible for maintaining order in the north.
Make up your mind already.
#Serbia
#Vucic
#KFOR
strongly condemns attacks on journalists in northern Kosovo as they exercised their profession. Freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental values which must be respected by all.
@WadeTownsendMan
@bianca_nobilo
Kosovo is part of Greece (Byzantium). Or Bulgaria. Or Serbia. Or even Bosnia. Depends on the time period and the map. By extrapolation, your reasoning would mean that all Anglo-Saxons should leave North America.
1/ 🧵on
#Vu
čić's upcoming “National Gathering for the Unity of
#Serbia
”, (a.k.a. Biggest Gathering in the History of Serbia), at which Vučić promised to "reconcile" (i.e., further polarize) Serbia 🇷🇸. Read on for weaponized sandwiches & risqué memes (risqué memes begin on p.13).
📣 OTKRIVAMO: Žandarm Nenad Vučković Vučko godinama je bio šef kriminalnoj grupi Saleta Mutavog i Veljka Belivuka
U audio-snimku do kog je KRIK došao Vučković otkriva mnoge tajne iz srpskog podzemlja i tvrdi da je grupa imala „celu policiju u rukama” 👇
True dat.
"
#Serbian
President Vucic has not shown a commitment to the EU facilitated dialogue, mobilized his military on
#Kosovo
’s border, has taken his country on a decidedly undemocratic path, and refused... imposing sanctions on
#Russia
."
AV KOSOVO SCENARIO:
1/
Milan Radojičić je deo Bezbednosno informativne agencije Srbije (BIA).
Nikakve šanse nema da M. Radojičić uradi BILO ŠTA bez znanja i dozvole aleksandra vučića!
M. Radojičić ima preko 60.000.000 € poslova u javnim nabavkama koje mu daje direktno
Kurti's response to the head of OSCE
@DavenportOSCE
in
#Kosovo
about
#Serbia
's desire to hold elections in Kosovo.
Seems like a measured response to me. Or do the
#EU
and
#US
not wish to enforce the agreements they sponsored?
1/ Why are
@StateDept
,
@SecBlinken
🇺🇸 and the
#EU
🇪🇺silent about the Western Balkan Quad 🇲🇪🇦🇱🇲🇰🇽🇰initiative? Do they fear countries implementing pro-Western policy without advance Western approval?
🧵1/ The terrorist attack on Kosovo Police and the siege of the Banjska Monastery in North
#Kosovo
.
Overnight, a Kosovo Police patrol came under fire from automatic weapons, hand grenades, and anti-tank rockets at a roadblock in the village of Banjska.
#Serbia
#Russia
@secretsqrl123
@MarkHertling
This thread and the back and forth between the two of you was quite informative. Although the two of you may disagree with each other, the debate provided valuable insights into the question of Abrams vs. Leopards. I would like to see this type of debate continue in the future.
6/ When NGO activists attempted to paint over the graffiti, they were stopped by 🇷🇸 Police and fined for removing the graffiti. This indicates that the
#Serbian
state clearly stood behind both the graffiti and its message.
@JulianReillyUK
@end_svc
Did I understand correctly? You want rape victims to reconcile with their rapists, even though the rapists never apologized? You want the families of murder victims to reconcile with the murderers, even though they still glory in their bloodshed? Egads, man! Have you no decency?
Two "must watch" videos of an interaction between a US KFOR soldier and
#Kosovo
#Serb
officials about Monday's violence. What is the US Gov't doing about this, as the violence clearly took place at
#Vucic
's direction.
#Serbia
#Russia
Who escalated the situation on Monday?
An exchange between a U.S./KFOR soldier and Serbian List senior officials, Rakic & Simic reveals the truth about that day in Zveçan, where tens of KFOR troops were left injured and 3 wounded by gunshots.
1/ British 🇬🇧 M.P.
@aliciakearns
claims
#Serbia
smuggled weapons inside ambulances across the border and stored them in
#Serbian
#Orthodox
Churches located in the north of
#Kosovo
. She claims
#KFOR
did react. Her information comes from British military sources.
@USEmbassySerbia
Seriously, stop the two-faced "see no evil" approach to Vucic. Say directly what happened: a Serbian state-sponsored paramilitary group launched an armed incursion into a Kosovo -- an independent neighboring state with the hope of sparking of a "little green men" incident.
If a picture paints a thousand words, what does the body language in these photos tell us about
#Vu
čić's sympathies and policies?
Vučić with Zelensky, Putin, and Lukashenko.
#Russia
#Serbia
#Belarus
#Ukraine
Our breaking investigation reveals that some of the weaponry seized from Serb gunmen in northern Kosovo last month passed through Serbian state hands at some point over the past 5 years.
A 🧵 with some of the main takes 👇
1/🧵What will happen at tomorrow’s “Against Violence” protest in
#Belgrade
?
Will
#Vu
čić unleash state-sponsored hooligans against peaceful protestors, independent media, & private property?
Will police refuse to intervene?
What will the US & EU do?
#Serbia
#Kosovo
#Vucic
3/ They weren't supposed to injure
#KFOR
troops, only
#Kosovo
Police.
#Vu
čić was hoping for a violent clash between Kosovo Police and his criminal thugs, a spectacular
#Serb
victory and embarrassment for
#Kurti
. This may cause problems for
#Vu
čić.
2/ Their ties to
#Serbia
's state-sponsored criminal gangs -- so loved by
#Serbian
president
#Vu
čić are unmistakable. Many of today's faces were absent on Friday and were likely brought in from
#Serbia
"on assignment". But things didn't go as planned.
@MiroslavLajcak
Given your disappointing performance to date, isn't it time for you to resign?
After all, your actions are partly responsible for establishing the preconditions for this.
@Dmojavensis
@Tatarigami_UA
He knows his stuff and offers insights based on first-hand knowledge.
Don't shoot the messenger just because you don't like the message.
Република Српска би до Нове године могла организовати референдум о свом статусу и како даље.
Борићемо се на свој, политички начин, све док не буде донесен закон о Уставном суду БиХ, чиме бисмо тој институцији вратили ауторитет.
Не желимо сукоб и улогу НАТО-а видим да обезбиједи
When asked about an international investigation of the Banjska terrorist attack by the Belgrade-proxy Serb nationalist militia, EU envoy
@MiroslavLajcak
is instructed by Scholz’s foreign policy advisor
@JensPloetner
to „say something you’ve already said”.
Here is the Kosovo Government's account (from this afternoon) of events in and around Banjska in northern
#Kosovo
prior to the surrender of the monastery.
#Serbia
#Russia
#Crimea
10/
#Vu
čić continues efforts to radicalize public opinion against the West. On the current trajectory, this messaging can only lead to renewed conflict. Undoing the propaganda could take 10 years of unopposed, concerted counter-messaging by the West.
A "Freedom of Navigation" exercise following Dodik's threat to arrest
@OHR_BiH
Christian Schmidt if he enters R.S.
Schmidt will meet on Tuesday with Croat and Bosniak vice-presidents of Republika Srpska in the RS Presidency building in Banja Luka.
I hope it is live-streamed.🍿
3/
#Vu
čić controls the football fan clubs. This card display required significant resources and training. It also required state approval, given that
#Vu
čić himself was present at the football match.
Earlier evidence demonstrated that this slogan has full 🇷🇸 state support.
2/ Let's start with the well-choreographed card show at the recent Fiorentina-Crvena Zvezda football match in Belgrade, which was ignored by diplomats. The message itself is akin to the Jewish saying "Next year in Jerusalem" & portends a victorious military return to Kosovo.
Thx to
@IstragaB
we’ve learnt tonight that the European Crt of Human Rights has again ruled vs. the BiH state, i.e. the Dayton Constitution, & directly challenged the “ethnicity-territory matrix” at the center of the entire Dayton regime in its forthcoming Kovačević decision. 🧵
Vucic has been openly telegraphing this for months, saying there would be armed conflict in Kosovo in the autumn. He said it most recently at the UN General Assembly. Why would anyone act as though it came as a surprise?
Interesting thoughts. It's a possibility. This would mean
#Vucic
didn't have full control on the "little green men".
And this would be the best case scenario for Vucic.
Or with his words, he's trying simply to pretend he knew nothing about what was going on there.
@JosepBorrellF
"Extrajudicial arrests"? Where? Could you please provide evidence for this highly inflammatory claim?
Or are you referring to the kidnappings of the 3
#Kosovo
border police by
#Serbian
forces?
Please clarify... and provide evidence to support your claims.
@USEmbassySJJ
How does the US plan to respond? Does it plan to respond? Is there a "Plan B"? Or does appeasing Serbia and Vucic still take priority? At what point will the failed trajectory of current US Balkan policy cause
@CounselorDOS
to wake up?
1/2 Since 2012,
#Serbia
has hosted a large
#Russian
intelligence gathering center in Niš, euphemistically called the Russo-Serbian humanitarian center. It allegedly assists Serbia in addressing humanitarian catastrophes.
9/ So the question arises: why is
#Vu
čić so intent on raising the public temperature over
#Kosovo
at a time when diplomats are proclaiming illusory victories, such as the Ohrid Agreement?
1/ Is 🇪🇺 enlargement an effective carrot for
#Serbia
?
Among 🇷🇸 youth:
❗️40% have a negative 1st reaction to the EU, 16% positive.
❗️41% oppose EU membership, 36% support.
❗️ 55% would choose East over West.
❗️59% oppose NATO.
#Vucic
's anti-Western propaganda is effective.
13/ It was their bumbling and incompetent 🇪🇺 mediation efforts that set the stage for today's terrorist attacks and monastery siege by a policy of constantly appeasing
#Vucic
's scandalous behavior.
7/ The same graffiti then appeared on the heavily trafficked on-ramp to Brankov Bridge that leads to the heart of downtown
#Belgrade
. No one has dared touch it.
2/ "Accession negotiations with Serbia should advance only if the country aligns with EU sanctions against Russia and makes significant progress on EU-related reforms".
The allegedly pro-western gov't of
#Montenegro
has appointed a new director of the Museum of Modern Art, whose work includes this flattering portrait of convicted war criminal Radovan Karadžić.
What will he teach the youth?
#Milo
šević
#Bosnia
#Serbia
@JosepBorrellF
#genocide
Bravo,
@resorkulture
! “Vlada CG usvojila je prijedlog Min. kulture i medija da za direktora Muzeja savremene umjetnosti bude imenovan istaknuti stvaralac i afirmisani stručnjak u oblasti kulture Vladislav Šćepanović.” Kako se zove ovo djelo?⬇️ “Građanin Dabić poslije brijanja”?
A list of bots & trolls from President Aleksandar
#Vucic
's
#Serbian
Progressive Party has been hacked. Over 14,000 of them. Many appear to be government employees. They are active on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, etc.
Poisoning minds in
#Serbia
1/🧵 Is Milan Radoičić alive?
The last confirmed sign of life was last Sunday in a drone video.
Is he in intensive care at VMA?
Or is he "on holiday" with Prigozhin and Elvis?
#Kosovo
#Serbia
#Russia
How can anyone expect any major US policy shift in the Western Balkans, if
@USAmbSerbia
says “there is nothing unique about [Banjska]”, when asked about this unprecedented attempt by a Belgrade-proxy Serb nationalist militia to destabilize (& possibly annex) the north of Kosovo.
1/3
"
#Milo
šević realized at the end of 1998 that
#Kosovo
was lost, his plan was to provoke a
#NATO
bombing and thereby blame the West for the loss of Kosovo, and to turn to
#Russia
and
#China
(his ideological role models) as future strategic partners..."
#Serbia
Milosevic je krajem 1998 shvatio da je Kosovo izgubljeno, njegov plan je bio da izprovocira NATO bombardovanje i da time okrivi zapad za gubitak Kosova, te da se okrene Rusiji i Kini (njegovim ideoloskih uzorima ) kao buducim strateskim partnerima ...
Prakticno, zrtvovao je
"Failure is definitely an option".
"The sources of threats in the Balkans to peace, stability, and progress towards the EU are clear. They lie in Banja Luka and Belgrade. Moscow supports both."
A good piece by Dan Serwer about
#Bosnia
#Kosovo
#Serbia
#Montenegro
#Russia
Does this seem like an appropriate response by a President and PM to a school mass shooting? They just don't get it. Perhaps narcissistic, tone-deaf responses are why
#Serbia
is so angry at the SNS.
#Vu
čić
#Brnabi
ć
#Mali
@vonderleyen
@anabrnabic
@EU_Commission
@vonderleyen
you are aware, are you not, that
#Serbia
's government does not wish to join the EU & that Vucic has been increasing anti-EU sentiment through his state-controlled media?
That's why pro-EU public opinion is now below 50%.
Stop playing make-believe.
In Montenegro, a NATO member, the new Belgrade-proxy coalition appoints
@AndrijaMandicDF
, a pro-Russian Serb nationalist hardliner, as Parliament Speaker.
Mandić questioned the results of the 2006 independence vote & was involved in the Moscow-backed coup d’état attempt in 2016.
🧵1/
#Ohrid
Outcome: a big fat nothing-burger.
#Serbia
's
#Vu
čić announced ahead of time he wouldn't sign anything. He kept his word. This made
#Kosovo
's
#Kurti
seem cooperative.
@bancroftian
@JamesKerLindsay
The video presents a false binary dilemma based on strawmen, flawed data & logical fallacies. The only choices were partition or violence. This binary does not encompass all possible paths forward, and seems to represent lazy thinking among EU officials and Western diplomats
3/ Sanctioned by the US government for alleged involvement in organized crime, a "businessman" in north Kosovo who is alleged to be involved in questionable activities. He received substantial construction contracts from the government of
#Serbia
.
@DNewsHungary
The "Appalling Injustice" of Trianon? How easily you ignore the "Appalling Injustice" that Magyars inflicted on non-Magyar populations inside pre-Trianon Hungary, on lands that were never Magyar to begin with. Learn a little Hungarian history. Please.
#Vu
čić's Kum Nikola Petrović files another SLAPP against the courageous journalists of
@KRIKrs
after they noted his business relationship with an international narcotics smuggler. Yet another indicator of the SNS' war against free media.
#Serbia
@coe
5/ This graffiti appeared in February 2023 at Mitićeva Rupa, a children's playground/park in the center of Belgrade at Trg Slavija on the walls of the Institute for Chemistry, Technology, and Metallurgy.
The font & paint scheme are identical to the banner at the football match.
4/ "This is a result of a long-standing anti-EU/pro-Russian political rhetoric widely spread via government-controlled media as well as by government officials and of a gross failure from the official side to face and come to terms with Serbia’s past".
@OHR_BiH
There you go again.
@OHR_BiH
continues genocide equivocation and denial. When will Schmidt have the balls to come out and name names of those who committed atrocities? To do otherwise is to cover up genocide. Resign Schmidt! His behavior is cowardly and disgusting.