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The fact is that I was not involved in any command or similar structures, that I was actually a completely ordinary soldier,

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just like in the Yugoslav army. I never thought
that the YPA would actually attack, I have to say this frankly,

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and I think only the very wisest leaders were aware of that at that time, such as the Minister of Defence, the Minister of the Interior

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and Krkovič, who actually prepared for this possibility.
But I did not think that the YPA would disintegrate so quickly.

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The fact is that the TD, despite the fact that we were not
professional soldiers as we took part in military exercises once

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or twice a year when we served in the 1980s, so 10 years had passed, which means we were not particularly well-trained, thus I was

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surprised at how quickly the big YPA machine collapsed.
Later, when thinking about how this came about, however, this

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is quite understandable, because as I remember those few
years when I served in the YPA, everything was already on

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shaky ground at the time. That is to say, a big facade, a lot of talking, a lot of money, but there was no affiliation, no desire to preserve

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such an army, even those of us who were part of it.