During the Croatian War of Independence, Yugoslav People's Army and Serb paramilitaries besieged and shelled the city of Vukovar from mid-August to the end of November 1991.

Although it conquered the city, for the Yugoslav People's Army and the Serbian paramilitary, this was a Pyrrhic victory because they ultimately suffered heavy human losses and a large number of weapons and war equipment were destroyed.

[5] November 18, 2021 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of Vukovar with the participation of tens of thousands of people from Croatia and abroad.

Representatives of the Serb community in the Republic of Croatia, led by Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Milošević, also attended the commemoration.

Holy Mass at the central cemetery in Vukovar with the participation of several bishops and priests was served by Đuro Hranić, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.