The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has revived a series of misleading claims regarding the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, accusing NATO of violating international law and causing long-term health consequences.
Among the claims circulated are allegations that NATO used depleted uranium leading to a surge in cancer cases, and that the intervention enabled crimes by the Kosovo Liberation Army. However, these assertions have been widely disputed by international institutions.
The intervention in 1999 followed escalating repression by the regime of Slobodan Milošević against Kosovo Albanians, with documented human rights violations reported by organizations such as Human Rights Watch.
According to the World Health Organization, there is no evidence of a large-scale increase in cancer linked to depleted uranium. Similarly, findings by United Nations Environment Programme confirm only limited, localized contamination rather than widespread health impacts.
Claims regarding organ trafficking, often linked to a report by Dick Marty, have not been substantiated by final court rulings, despite ongoing legal proceedings in The Hague.
Analysts view these narratives as part of a broader propaganda effort aimed at discrediting NATO and justifying pro-Russian geopolitical positions, particularly in the Balkans.
