Battle for the Zaglavak Hill

Soldiers from the Goražde Brigade already had suffered heavy losses, losing both territory and soldiers and had been forced to retreat on the hill. As this was an important factor^{[clarification needed]} for the ARBiH and could lead to fall of Višegrad they kept attacking.^[3] When the VRS were about to retreat, Russian Volunteers arrived and aided the defence of the hill.^[1]

Since January 1993 the ARBiH and the VRS had repeatedly fought over the area.^[4] The biggest fight occurred on April 12, 1993, when the Serbian forces were about to retreat, the Russian Volunteers arrived and started their Operation Zaglavak-93. The fighting became increasingly intense on both sides, with both losing a recourses and soldiers. As time passed, ARBiH became exhausted and surprised by the resilience of the Russian Forces. They retreated from the area after suffering heavy losses^[5] and the whole region was re-taken by the VRS and Višegrad was again secure.^[6][7][2] During the Battle Aleksandar Kravchenko^[who?] was wounded in the head but after treatment he returned to fighting. RDO-1 was disbanded later on. One of the main commanders on the Russian side was Igor Strelkov.^[8][9]