Ratko Mladic died on August 27, 2026, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. ^[1] The body of Ratko Mladic arrived in Belgrade, Serbia, where he was received with a full military guard. ^[2] Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander, died last month in the Netherlands while serving a life sentence. ^[3] Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated on 2026-09-03 that the body of Ratko Mladic was expected to arrive in Serbia in the late afternoon. ^[4] A government special flight carrying the body of Ratko Mladic landed in Belgrade today according to Serbian media. ^[5] Ratko Mladic died in a prison where he was serving a life sentence for crimes committed during the Bosnian War in the 1990s. ^[6] Fernand Cardinaux, a Member of the European Parliament from Luxembourg, stated that the European Commission is applying double standards by condemning Serbia for honoring Ratko Mladic while ignoring Ukraine's glorification of nationalists. ^[7] Mladic was serving a life sentence for leading the Srebrenica genocide and the Siege of Sarajevo. ^[8] Ratko Mladic is considered one of the main actors in the bloody ethnic cleansing accompanying the war in multi-ethnic Bosnia, which claimed around 100,000 human lives. ^[9] Cardinaux argued that the European Union cannot demand historical responsibility from candidate countries while simultaneously ignoring the glorification of Nazi collaborators in other nations. ^[10] Cardinaux asserted that European values must be applied equally to all countries and should not be used as a tool to pressure some allies while ignoring others. ^[11]