Mladic

British  

/ məˈladɪtʃ /

noun

1. Ratko (ˈratko). born 1943, Bosnian military figure, commander of the Bosnian Serb forces during the civil war of 1992–95; indicted by the U.N. for war crimes, including the massacre of 6000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica (1995); his trial at an international criminal tribunal in the Hague began in 2012

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Example Sentences

Other Serb nationalists have been delighted to take the same approach – and even glorify Mladic as a Serb hero.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

"Henceforth, identification of all persons regardless of their views about the mural depicting Gen. Ratko Mladic is being made," it said.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2021

"Maybe there will be more graffiti for a short period. But maybe soon there will be less, or it will stop. The posters of Ratko Mladic put up in Srebrenica this week have already disappeared."

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2021

Murals featuring Mladic and Karadzic can be seen in many towns in the Serb-run part of Bosnia.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Mr. Mladic, who served in the Yugoslav Army, was made commander of the Serbian Army in Bosnia in May 1992.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2021