According to the information of the International Red Cross Committee, about 33,000 people left Kosov over the past week. 24,000 of them moved to Serbia, and the rest to Montenegro. According to reports of witnesses, roads in the southern part of Serbia continue to be flooded with tractors and trailers with household belongings. They are guarded by the elders of the family, who refused to leave their homes and evacuate. As a rule, refugees are not willing to talk with journalists, and if an attempt is made to film them, they may put their assault rifle in a combat position.
Some men carry weapons.
They had to repulse attacks of KLA gunmen both during the NATO aggression and on the way across Albanian villages. People are embitters and are cursing everybody, starting from the Yugoslav government and its allies, including Russia, which failed to prevent their exodus from Kosovo. About 2,000 refugees from the Suva Reka community, situated on the border with Albania, came to Belgrade, which created additional difficulties of the socio-economic and criminal character. The Yugoslav capital lived through similar situations twice, when it was flooded with thousands of refugees from Croatia and Sarajevo, including those who had arms. The root causes of the exodus of Serbs, which for some reason is not described as a humanitarian catastrophe, could be discussed for hours.