Editing Siege of Sarajevo (section)

====Markale massacres====
{{Main|Markale massacres}}

On 5 February 1994 at 12:10–12:15, a 120-millimeter mortar shell landed in the center of the crowded marketplace<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sarajevo: 1994 market massacre |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-17439158 |access-date=2022-09-11}}</ref> and killed 68 and injured 144. The perpetrators were the Army of Republika Srpska.<ref name="ICTY: Stanislav Galić judgement, para 438-496">{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/galic/acjug/en/gal-acjud061130.pdf|title=ICTY: Stanislav Galić judgement, para 438–496}}</ref><ref name="ICTY:Dragomir Milošević judgement">{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/tjug/en/071212.pdf|title=ICTY: Dragomir Milošević judgement}}</ref> In December 2003, the ICTY convicted Bosnian Serb General [[Stanislav Galić]], concluded that the Serb forces around Sarajevo committed the massacre.<ref name="ICTY: Stanislav Galić judgement, para 438-496"/><ref name="ICTY:Dragomir Milošević judgement"/>

In February 1994 (when air strikes were originally threatened), [[NATO]] had created a heavy weapons exclusion zone around Sarajevo, and collected weapons at a number of sites. On 5 August, the VRS seized several weapons from the Illidža Weapons Collection site in clear violation of the exclusion zone agreement. During the seizure, Serb forces injured a Ukrainian UNPROFOR peacekeeper. In response to the attack, the UN once again requested NATO air support. Two U.S. [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10]] aircraft repeatedly strafed Serb targets, and the Serbs returned the seized weapons to the collection site.<ref name="Bucknam, p. 163">Bucknam, p. 163</ref>

On 22 September, UNPROFOR again requested NATO air support in the Sarajevo area after Serb forces attacked a French [[armored personnel carrier]]. In response, two British [[SEPECAT Jaguar]] aircraft struck near a Serb tank, destroying it.<ref name = "AFSOUTH"/>