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
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 Corpus
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. In the battle, ARBiH forces tried to capture Prijedor, but in the process threatened the position of Sanski Most.

Timeline of Operation

On October 12, 1995, the ceasefire entered into force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the commander of the 5th Corps of the ARBiH, General Atif Dudaković, ignored the truce and ordered his troops to continue the offensive and to occupy Prijedor and Banja Luka. under the attack of the 43rd Prijedor Motorized Brigade of the VRS, in the northeastern parts of Sanski Most. Which forced the forces of the 5th Corps to suspend offensive actions and go on the defensive, where they defend Sanski Most from the counteroffensive of the VRS units for the next week.ARBiH forces suffered heavy losses on the line Koprivna — Ališići — Usorci, and there was a possibility that Sanski Most would fall under the control of Republika Srpska. From October 13 to 17, 64 shells were fired from the direction of Sanski Most towards the narrower part of the city of Prijedor, but without significant success. In that Muslim bombing, one person was killed and 18 were wounded. The fighting was suspended on October 20.