At 19:50 NATO launched the attack Pictured: NATO aircraft at the Aviano base being loaded with ammunition (REUTERS)

HOBN EAD Pictured: Targets destroyed by NATO (REUTERS)

PHASE 0: launched by NATO in the autumn, it corresponds to the preparation of the operation. This involves the regrouping of around 400 aircraft, mainly at Italian bases or on aircraft carriers in the Adriatic Sea, for exercises, reconnaissance flights and intelligence gathering. PHASE 1: ordered on Tuesday evening by NATO Secretary General Havier Solana; this concerns the first bombing operations against Serbian air defenses (surface-to-air missile batteries, radar, communications and command centers), to be directed by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, American General Wesley Clark. PHASE 2: following a “major weakening” of the air defenses, Havier Solana may give the order, after a further informal consultation among Alliance members, to bomb a wider range of targets, namely the Serbian armed forces (troop and equipment concentrations, barracks, air bases) up to the 44th parallel, which divides Serbia in two, south of Belgrade. PHASE 3: the bombing extends north of the 44th parallel, which includes the Yugoslav capital. PHASE 4: the final phase, in which the Alliance's aircraft and ships return to their respective bases. End of the operation.

Albright guarantees: If Albania is struck, America is struck To Majko: I was given serious assurances by Albright that any violation of Albania's sovereignty by Millosheviçi would be met with the firm stance of the US. Also, in the letter I received from Solana, I received the same message: that any threat to the integrity of Albania, the political independence and security of our country is unacceptable to the Alliance, and that it will view with the utmost seriousness any attack by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia against our country Prime Minister Majko President Clinton Prime Minister Majko; President Clinton

TIRANA - Albania's Minister of Defense, Luan Hajdaraga, told the press last night, after NATO began bombing Yugoslavia, that Albania's sovereignty is guaranteed. The guarantees our country has received from NATO countries, from statements by the State Department, Mrs. Albright, and Mr. Solana are quite clear. “Albania's sovereignty is guaranteed by NATO,” Hajdaraga said. According to him, Albania's armed forces are now able to deal with any eventuality on our borders, as we have stated before. Based on continuous communications from the northern area, the situation is under control. Reports from commanders at the headquarters of the divisions in Shkodër and Kukës are continuous and indicate calm developments and, for now, no problems, he continued. According to him, based on the information available, the main targets of NATO's attack are the military airports on the outskirts of Belgrade and in several other cities, as well as the radio communications system of these airports and the related infrastructure. According to statements by senior NATO officials and military specialists, these strikes will continue against other targets as well, until the military machine that has brought countless calamities upon the people of Kosovo is completely paralyzed.