Republika Srpska (1992–95) the Serb people in Bosnia and Herzegovina: At the same session, the Bosnian Serb assembly voted to create the Army of the Republika Srpska ("VRS") ("Vojska Republike Srpske"), and appointed Ratko Mladić, the commander of the Second Military District of the Yugoslav federal army, as commander of the VRS Main Staff. At the end of May 1992, after the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Second Military District was essentially transformed into the Main Staff of the VRS. The new army immediately set out to achieve by military means the six "strategic objectives" of the Serbian people
Yugoslav People's Army withdrawal from Bosnia (1992) Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. And two autonomous provinces: Vojvodina and Kosovo. During the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, the Bosnian Serbs living in Bosnia held a referendum for independence and in January 1992 they formed the Republic of Srpska, also known as the Serb Republic. The main goal of the newly formed Serb Republic was to unify with Serbia and Montenegro in one state for the Serb ethnic groups. Bosnia did not recognize the referendum held by the Bosnian Serbs, and then between February 29 and March 1 a new referendum took place, for the independence of Bosnia. The