Operation Prijedor 95

Operation Prijedor 95'
	Part of the Bosnian War
Date	12 – 20 October 1995.
Location	Around Prijedor and Sanski Most
Result	Army of Republika Srpska victory Army of Republika Srpska successfully defended Prijedor municipality; ARBiH failed to capture the remaining parts of Sanski Most; Establishment of Oštra Luka in the Dayton Agreement;
Belligerents
Republika Srpska	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Ratko Mladić; Željko Ražnatović; Radmilo Zeljaja	Atif Dudaković; Mehmed Alagić
Units involved
Army of Republika Srpska 43rd Prijedor Motorized Brigade; Arkan Tigers;	5th Corps
Strength
Around 12,000	Around 15,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	1 Civilian killed, 18 injured

Operation Prijedor 95 was the code name of the VRS operation to defend Prijedor. This was also one of the last battles of the Bosnian War. Goal of the ARBiH was to recapture the remaining parts of the Sanski Most municipality and advance north in to Prijedor capturing as much land as possible. ARBiH forces tried to capture Oštra Luka and then Prijedor, but in the process threatened the position of Sanski Most.^[1]^[2]

^ Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, Volume 1. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 391. ISBN 9780160664724.
^ Christia, Fotini (2012). Alliance Formation in Civil Wars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-13985-175-6.

[1] Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, Volume 1. Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Russian and European Analysis. 2002. p. 391. ISBN 9780160664724.

[2] Christia, Fotini (2012). Alliance Formation in Civil Wars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-13985-175-6.

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Operation Prijedor 95

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