Serb delegation refuses and talks are suspended. NATO authorizes airstrikes. NATO airstrikes begin. Belgrade police shut down the main independent broadcaster in Yugoslavia, B-92 radio, and arrest its chief editor. The pilot of an American F-117A stealth fighter is rescued hours after his plane went down in Yugoslavia.
Officials plead for international help to prevent a humanitarian crisis.
Talks between Russia's prime minister and Milosevic fail to produce a breakthrough that would end NATO attacks. Three captured U.S. soldiers are shown on Serbian television with dirt or abrasions on their faces. Tens of thousands of refugees, some packed shoulder to shoulder into train cars, pour out of Kosovo. NATO bombardment continues. Yugoslavia gathers evidence against U.S. soldiers.