The documentary feature film “War Stories from Paštirk” premiered on 23 May last year, and it is a testimony to the heroic fight of members of our armed forces in the defence of our country on Paštrik in 1999. The soldiers and their commanding officers, who defended the homeland and prevented the aggressor from entering Kosovo and Metohija, testify about the attack on the Košare frontier post. The film vividly portrays the situation in which soldiers, the heroes of Košare, found themselves in 1999 and chronologically presents the fighting which took place on the Yugoslav-Albanian border during 19. The documentary feature film “War Stories from Košare” had its premiere on 9 April 2019, on the day of commemorating the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Košare. After 20 years of silence, films were made that saved the heroes from oblivion and theses cinematic achievements are a way to say thank you to all those people once again. In co-production between the Ministry of Defence - Military Film Centre 'Zastava Film' and the Radio-Television of Serbia, documentary feature films about the battles on Košare and Paštrik in 1999 were made and shown, and thanks to that there is not a single person today who has not heard of them. In the years when we commemorate anniversaries of important events in the defence against the NATO aggression on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 through a series of activities, we have proven that we carefully nurture the memories of all the victims of that unfortunate event and keep the truth from oblivion, to serve as an example to all future generations. The Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces keep the memories devotedly and value tradition and the memories of people and events from our glorious history, imbued with suffering, sorrow and pain, but also with courage, pride and honour, emphasizing that our people are always on the right side – on the side of truth, and thus we do not allow others to write our history.

The Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces nurture memories and keep them from oblivion

Oblivion the best defense