On 5 August 2024 the Day of Victory and Homeland Gratitude, the Day of Croatian Veterans and the 29th anniversary of the military police operation Storm were marked solemnly and with dignity in Knin. The central ceremony was held at the Dinara Football Club stadium, and the program at the Knin Fortress was broadcast via video walls at the stadium and the central town square.<\/p>\n
At the ceremony in honour of this great military victory, the highest state and military officials gathered in the City of King Zvonimir, and the commemoration began with a traditional patriotic song on the city streets.<\/p>\n
At Dr. Ante Star\u010devi\u0107 Square near the “Storm of 95” Croatian Victory Monument, a tribute was paid to the dead, missing and deceased Croatian veterans. Wreaths were laid by representatives of the families of the dead, missing and deceased Croatian veterans in the MPO Storm, Croatian military invalids, war commanders and representatives of associations from the Homeland War, delegations of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Parliament and the President of the Republic of Croatia, and the delegation of the Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as representatives of the counties and cities.<\/p>\n
BG \u017deljko Ljubas, Commander of the Command-Operational Centre of the CAF General Staff presented the report to the President of the Republic of Croatia at stadium of the Dinara Football Club.<\/p>\n
The ringing of church bells announced the traditional ceremony of raising the Croatian flag on the mast of the Knin fortress at exactly 9:43 a.m., when Croatian soldiers victoriously entered the City of King Zvonimir 29 years ago. Then the same number of platoons announced the history book and the names of 245 dead and missing veterans in the Storm MPO were read out, and they were honoured with an overflight of the CAiF\u2019s Rafale multirole combat aircraft.<\/p>\n