Battle of Azići

Battle of Azići
Part of Siege of Sarajevo
Date15–20 February 1993
Location
Result Army of Republika Srpska victory
Territorial
changes
VRS captures Azići
Belligerents
 Republika Srpska Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commanders and leaders
Momir Talić Unknown
Units involved

Army of Republika Srpska

  • "Ilidža Brigade"
Unknown
Strength
1,000–1,500 Around 4,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 300 killed

The Battle of Azići was one of the battles in the Siege of Sarajevo in 1993. The VRS made its first step in the operation in the suburbs in early December 1992, breaking through the suburb of Otes, some 15 kilometers west of central Sarajevo. In the middle of February, the Sarajevo-Romanijan Corps started the second part of the campaign, attacked Aziće, the troops of the 1st Ilidžan Infantry Brigade attacked with support tanks and armored personnel carriers of the 1st Sarajevo Mechanized Brigade.