The siege of Sarajevo started 30 years ago this week. It was the longest siege in modern history. https://bbc.in/3uYlJNs | BBC News

"We always think of war as something that happens to other people." The siege of Sarajevo started 30 years ago this week. Zlata Filipovic was amongst the Bosnian children who witnessed the atrocities in their hometown. Her solace was the diary in which she wrote about living through the longest siege in modern history. A letter to Ukraine from Sarajevo: https://bbc.in/3uVFBkf | BBC World Service

13K views · 132 reactions | On February 29, 1996, the siege of Sarajevo finally ended. Twenty-three years on, two people who lived through it share their recollections of life during the 44-month blockade - and the euphoria that came when it ended. Revisit our stories on  The doctors who saved more than 50,000 people during the siege: https://bit.ly/2NCUh1K And the teachers who went to great lengths to keep educating students: https://bit.ly/2H5PZhX | Balkan Insight | Facebook