Milutin Kukanjac

Milutin Kukanjac
Born	1935 Ljubiš, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	16 January 2002 (aged 67) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	SFR Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Yugoslav National Army
Years of service	Until 1992
Rank	Colonel general
Commands held	2nd VO
Battles/wars	Yugoslav Wars Siege of Sarajevo 1992 JNA Column Ambush

Milutin Kukanjac (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Кукањац; 1935 – 16 January 2002) was a Yugoslav military officer; he was a colonel general with the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) at the beginning of the Bosnian War.^[1]

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Kukanjac was commander of the Siege of Sarajevo from March until July 1992. Kukanjac and the Yugoslav People's Army left Sarajevo at this time.

Kukanjac commanded JNA units on Dobrovoljačka Street in Sarajevo on 3 May 1992 as members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) ambushed the column of JNA units, seizing many weapons, and killing up to 42 Yugoslav soldiers, although the exact number is unknown. JNA officers claim only 6 soldiers were killed.^[2]

He appeared in the BBC documentary series The Death of Yugoslavia. 66

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