DISINFO: In 1999 NATO bombing Yugoslavia killed around 2,500 people

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DISINFO: In 1999 NATO bombing Yugoslavia killed around 2,500 people

SUMMARY

From the 24th of March 1999 to the 10th of June of the same year, NATO’s bombing in former Yugoslavia killed 2,500 people.

RESPONSE

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about the number of civilian casualties of NATO bombing. An overview of various estimates of casualties in connection with the bombings can be found here.

Read more about disinformation about the war in former Yugoslavia.

See here for similar disinformation cases about the war in former Yugoslavia.

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