August 13, 1995
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNN) -- U.S. and Russian security officials Sunday agreed to disagree on solutions to the Balkan crisis. Meanwhile, business continued as usual in Bosnia, with gunfire in Donji Vakuf and Tuzla.
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev and U.S. National Security Advisor Anthony Lake discussed the Balkan peace process in Sochi, Russia. After a two hour meeting, Kozyrev emerged to say Russia wants a quick end to a U.N. arms embargo on Serbia, but the U.S. is unwilling to rush into a removal of such sanctions. Still, Kozyrev praised the Americans for having "chosen to make more active efforts to find a political solution."
In a world far removed, the movement of Serbian refugees leaving Croatia's Krajina region had slowed to a crawl. Yugoslavia is admitting women and children, but not men, who are being told to stay and fight in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Protests outside Belgrade, Serbia, caused long traffic jams. Said one woman, "We left everything we had. There is nothing left for our men to defend. So why can't our husbands come?"
Sensing opportunity in the Serb split, Bosnian government forces continued an assault near the Serb-held town of Donji Vakuf. "Artillery activity has decreased around Donji Vakuf. There has been a sharp increase in small arms and machine-gun fire, which we take to mean the ground offensive is now moving forward," said U.N. spokesman Maj. Greg Thompson. "We can't tell whether they've reached the town, but they can't be far off." The Bosnian Serb Army claims it has lost no ground.
Elsewhere in Bosnia, Serb shells hit the safe area of Tuzla, killing one person. And to the south, Croatian and Bosnian Serb forces swapped shellfire near the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. Shells rained on that region Saturday, setting raging fires on the hillsides.
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