"Novi Sad is Victor City": Strong message from the mayor on the anniversary of the start of NATO bombing

Novi Sad and the people of Novi Sad still remember 1999 when all three of the city's bridges were destroyed

The mayor of Novi Sad, Milan Djuric, sent a strong message on the occasion of the marking of 24 years since the beginning of the NATO bombing of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), during which the first bombs fell on Novi Sad and the city's bridges got destroyed.

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"Novi Sad and the people of Novi Sad still remember how in 1999 they destroyed all three of our bridges, destroyed the Refinery and left the entire Srem side of the City - about 60,000 people - without drinking water. We remember the destroyed Novi Sad TV station, transmission and power plants...

Neither the city nor the surrounding settlements and residential districts were spared from the bombs of the NATO aggressors: Detelinara, Vidovdansko Naselje, Sangaj, Sremska Kamenica, Bukovac, even monuments and museums, a number of schools and kindergartens. Among the bombed locations were commercial facilities, the Refinery suffered the most, it was attracked 15 times with 200 missiles.

Novograp, Petar Drapsin, Tehnogas, Monting, Gumins, Albus, Danubius, Neobus, Agrohem companies, hotel Varadin on the Fortress were also damaged in the mindless attacks, Centroslavija and Zvezda stores," wrote the mayor, reports NS Uzivo.

But the mayor stressed that Novi Sad is Victor City.

"Novi Sad was not broken, it raised its head again and found the strength for this great economic and demographic rise. That's why I freely say that Novi Sad is not only Hero City but also Victor City, which it was and will forever remain. Together we remember, we do not forget, but we are also building up our invincible Novi Sad," wrote the mayor.

(Telegraf.rs)