Serbian Army

Armament

03.July 2026 IN THE

Serbia acquires Chinese HQ-9? What brings the missile system that they compare with the Russian S-400

The Chinese HQ-9 missile system, whose purpose is often compared to the Russian S-400, could become part of the Serbian Armed Forces' armament. The potential acquisition caused various reactions - from military analyzes to political warnings from certain Western countries

The Army of Serbia

28.June 2026 IN THE

Vučić: Regular military service begins in March next year

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced that in March of the following year, he will begin his regular military service, stating that all necessary procedures will be completed beforehand.

The Army of Serbia

04.June 2026 B. B.

A member of the Serbian Army died in Lebanon

Senior sergeant Milovan Jovanović was born on June 6, 1989 in Kraljevo. He left behind his wife and two minor children

Arms

28.May 2026. IN THE

Vučić on Serbia's weapons: Some tried to blackmail us

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said during his visit to China that Serbia had previously been subject to conditions in the negotiations on the procurement of military equipment, while, as he said, the Chinese partners had not done so.

23.May 2026. Jelena Djukic-Pejic / DW

It happened, but it's not in the news: The first military exercise of Serbia and NATO

Six hundred soldiers, two weeks, a lot of shooting and smoke... The first ever military exercise of Serbia and NATO at the Jug base passed relatively quietly. And that suits President Aleksandar Vučić, according to analysts

Mandatory military service

24.April 2026 IN THE

Gašić: I expect the first recruitments to begin in September, and the first class in March

According to Bratislava Gašić, the final decision on the admission of recruits will depend on the global security situation, but the first invitations are expected in the fall.

Kanjiža

05.April 2026 B. B.

Blocked roads, helicopters fly over: Army and police search for life-threatening substances

The police and army are searching the area in the municipality of Kanjiža, and several roads are blocked

Hackers

24.March 2026. B. B.

RSE: Ministry of Defense of Serbia targeted by Russian hackers

The Russian group "Fancy Bear" hacked six email accounts at the Ministry of Defense, the Military Academy and the Military Medical Academy. Serbian authorities do not react

Armament and the Serbian Army

18.March 2026. Viktor Radonjic

Distraction, intimidation and selling fog

To what extent is the information that the Serbian Army is seriously "building up" weapons? What is the purpose of strengthening armed capacities and, therefore, what kind of messages are sent for internal use, and what kind of messages are intended for the environment? Does the military cooperation between Zagreb, Tirana and Pristina really scare the regime and Vučić or is it all a show that feeds the vanity of one man? Why is military "power" tendentially promoted in this context through the pro-regime media, what is the correlation of this propaganda package with the elections, and what is it in the wider context of geopolitical circumstances? These questions are answered by Vojkan Kostić, Petar Bošković and Boško Jakšić

From the new issue of "Vremena"

18.March 2026. VR

The Croats will strike one day of the week, but we have "hypersonic" missiles

No one knows whether the new Chinese missile can be mounted on the MIGs that Serbia has. But it's not hard to guess what the new gun rattle is for

Robotics

28.February 2026. Uta Steinwer/Yuan Yu/Shitao Li/Daniel Ebert/DW

Chinese robot-soldiers: Empty dreams or ready for the Serbian Army?

Terminator-like robots destroy everything in front of them - President Aleksandar Vučić wants to hire this machinery from China

The case of General Simović

25.February 2026. KS

In the name of the people: What is said in the verdict against General Simović for revealing state secrets

"Vreme" publishes the verdict of the High Court in Nis against General Milosav Simović, which states what information he gave and to whom, for which he was sentenced to six months of house arrest. The lawyer of the convicted former general states that he did not divulge any secrets, but that after his retirement he took part of the archive with confidential files home because, due to the speed of his retirement, he did not have time to sort through the archive at work.

Serbian Army, Milosav Simović, Miloš Vucevic

The case of General Simović

20.February 2026. KS

Prosecution for "Vreme": General Simović betrayed a state secret

Retired General of the Serbian Army Milosav Simović revealed a strictly confidential state secret and was sentenced to house arrest for that, it was confirmed for "Vreme" from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Negotin.

Mandatory military service

29.January 2026. VK

In the army from December or March: Vučić again announces mandatory military service

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, spoke for the umpteenth time about the return of mandatory military service. This time, the return to the barracks is announced for December of this year or March of the following year

Interview: Predrag Petrović, Belgrade Center for Security Policy

14.January 2026. Nedim Sejdinovic

How the progressives ruined the army and the police

The consolidation of the authoritarian system within the security apparatus, the replacement of loyalists with super-loyalists, their financial rewards - this speaks in favor of the fact that the regime is preparing the ground for a violent defense of the government. We had several trials for such a thing, say the use of a sound cannon, massive beatings of citizens for no apparent reason, dousing protesters with illegal chemical agents, and so on. The regime is clearly prepared to use massive repression against citizens in order to survive

Arming Serbia

05.January 2026. Katarina Stevanović

Need or propaganda: Who is Vučić actually arming himself against?

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has once again announced the massive arming of Serbia. Are real security threats hidden behind the announcement of the doubling of military capacity or is it political marketing? Or is the regime arming itself against its own people?

General Staff

04.January 2026. B. B.

Leibensperger: If necessary, physically defend the General Staff

"Those objects can be restored and reconstructed. They are statically stable. The statics will be checked again when the time comes for the works. The destroyed parts can be restored and look as they looked when they were built," says Nenad Leibensperger, a historian at the Republican Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, who was named the Person of 2025 by "Vreme" about the state of the General Staff.

A soldier salutes, the flag of Serbia in the background

Military service

02.January 2026. KS

Gašić announces mandatory military service again: Will Serbian young men put on uniforms in 2026?

Facilities and equipment are ready, the Minister of Defense announces, and will mandatory military service be reintroduced in 2026?

General Staff

19.December 2025. KS

Lifting the curtain from the ruins of the General Staff: Inciting popular outrage

The banners that covered part of the ruins of the General Staff for years were removed. What appeared to be a promotion of the military, actually masked the full extent of the destruction

Half of the youth refrained from participating in protests in the past 12 months. Of those who did not, almost a fifth were insulted by the police, and more than a quarter of young people suffered insults from counter-protest participants.

young

11.December 2025. B. B.

Almost very good: Young people in Serbia rated their safety with 3,44

Half of the youth refrained from participating in protests in the past 12 months. Of those who did not, almost a fifth were insulted by the police, and more than a quarter of young people suffered insults from counter-protest participants. Among the state institutions, the Serbian Army earned the highest trust of young people - a devastating 2,29

Military service

09.December 2025. VK

"Young people will rather go to Cyprus and work as a waiter for 75 days than serve military service"

Minister Gašić once again announces the return of military service, and the Serbian Parliament has allocated funds for this in the budget. Military analyst Davor Lukač talks about how realistic the return of military service is for "Vreme".

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, inspects units of the Serbian Army

Amendments to the Law on the Serbian Armed Forces

24.November 2025. Davor Lukacs

"Ćaciland" gets an outpost in the Serbian Army

Amendments to the Law on the Serbian Armed Forces shed light on many anomalies. Obaška everything else, with the legalization of Aleksandar Vučić as commander-in-chief, "Ćaciland" gets its outpost in the army

Land security zone

17.November 2025. Davor Lukacs

Who shot the Serbian soldiers?

RTS reported that masked Albanians shot at Serbian soldiers in the Land Security Zone. Is it a major security breach, or another poorly directed public performance?

Land security zone

17.November 2025. AI

RTS: Masked Albanians shot at members of the Serbian Army

On Sunday, in the area of the "Debela Glava" base, a masked group of Albanians attacked members of the Serbian Armed Forces, RTS has learned unofficially.

Minister of Defense Bratislav Gašić and Chief of the General Staff Milan Mojsilović at a military exercise

Government and army

07.November 2025. Davor Lukacs

Serbian Armed Forces: Whoever likes the protests, drinks the precommand

Instead of dealing with crime in the Serbian Armed Forces or counterintelligence work, the Military Security Agency monitors which officers like or participate in civil protests against the government. Such "offenders" are punished

Chronicle

22.October 2025. IN THE

A member of the 63rd Parachute Brigade died in Nis

Another tragedy in the Serbian Army - a senior sergeant died during an exercise in Nis. No one has yet been held responsible for previous accidents in the Armed Forces

Vojska

07.October 2025. MLJ

Where did the drone with the mine come from in the kindergarten on Batajničko road?

What we know so far about the kamikaze drone with a mine that was found in the kindergarten yard