Praise for Mladić in Zvečan, “Forever grateful” inscriptions raise concerns

In the municipality of Zvečan, in northern Kosovo, messages glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić have been spotted.

Images published in Serbian groups on the Telegram platform show a mural featuring his portrait, accompanied by the inscriptions “Zvečan forever grateful” and “May your mother be thanked.”

Another piece of graffiti is dedicated to Mladić, referring to him by the title “general.” The photographs were posted on Telegram with the call “Save Kosovo,” while one of the posts clearly identifies Zvečan as the location.

“General, the final salute. A message to the terrorists: we are all Ratko’s soldiers,” read one of the posts.

Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska, was sentenced to life imprisonment by international courts for the genocide in Srebrenica, as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.