Original sentence: Approximately 200,000 to 250,000  Serbs fled approaching Croat forces to Serb-held parts of Bosnia and Serbia.The Croatian government maintained the operation was justified on the grounds that a sovereign state has the right to be in control of its own territory.The government also insisted that Croatian Serbs not involved in "war crimes" would be able to return to the area
Edited sentence: However the operation forced approximately 200,000 to 250,000  Serbs to flee to Serb-held parts of Bosnia and Serbia.The Croatian government maintained the operation was justified on the grounds that a sovereign state has the right to be in control of  its own territory