Thursday, April 22, 1999 Published at 17:38 GMT 18:38 UK
Nato: Milosevic not a target
Gutted: President Milosevic's mansion stands in ruins
Nato has denied attempting to kill Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic after destroying his home in the suburbs of Belgrade in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The president was not in the luxury two-storey building, in the exclusive Dedinje area of the capital, when it was struck at about 0400 local time (0200 GMT).
Minister without Portfolio Goran Matic told reporters it was "a criminal act without precedence...against the president of a sovereign state".
The US military denied that Nato had launched a personal attack on President Milosevic, saying that the house was an integral part of the overall military command structure for Yugoslav forces.
He described the residence as "a command and control system that includes bunkers".
"Much of the military and security forces are run out of a variety of residences, office buildings and office buildings throughout the country, particularly in the Belgrade area. They are all interconnected," he said.
On Tuesday, the alliance destroyed a 24-storey office block containing the headquarters of his governing Socialist Party.
It was also home to the Yugoslav Left Party led by the president's wife, Mira Markovic, and to radio television channels, including a radio station run by Mr Milosevic's daughter.