ACE News Release


Public Information Office
B-7010 SHAPE, Belgium


Press Release 99-05-02


SHAPE, Belgium, 8 May 1999 - During a day hampered by poor weather, NATO
aircraft targeted airfields
at Nis and Sjenica and attacjed a radio relay site at Novi Sad.


Tonight NATO Revised Belgrade in its most concentrated attack to date.
These strikes were planed to
disrupt the national leadership of military and special police operations.


NATO Targeted:


The Dobanovci Command Complex. Above ground, this is one of the residences used by Milosevic.
Underground, it houses a major bunker complex. NATO has information that suggests this is now the centre of Milosevic's high command, following the destruction and damage done to other command facilities in Belgrade and the Avala bunker complex.


Hotel Jugoslavia, a location being used as a barracks for Arkan's Tigers in Belgrade and as an alternate MUP Headquarters. The hotel has long been under Arkan's control.
He owned the casino as well as the sport club. Since the air campaign began, his forces took over the whole building and have used it as a Command Center for operations in Kosovo.


Other targets included:


- Belgrade Ministry of Defense North
- Belgrade Ministry of Defense South
- Belgrade Army General Staff Building and its satellite communications antennae
- Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MUP headquarters
- The Federal Directorate for Supply and Procurement weapons warehouse, Headquarters for co-ordinating the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's weapons imports and exports/


To confuse and degrade command, control and communications systems NATO
targeted electrical power transformer yards at Belgrade stations 3, 5, 8 and Obrenovac.


Once again, NATO attacks were meticulously planned to minimize and damage
to civilian infrastructure and innocent loss of life.


NATO did not intentionally target the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. NATO
regrets any damage to the embassy or injuries to Chinese diplomatic personnel.