# Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia In 2025 it stated that, according to findings by the Military Security Agency (VBA), the mother of a man killed in the canopy collapse had secretly and unlawfully recorded a conversation with President Vučić, a claim first made by Vučić himself. After an incident at the 2014 Pride Parade it withheld documents from the Ombudsman and implemented none of his recommendations, and it says the dismissal of the Military Trade Union's president, who was punished with loss of rank, has nothing to do with his media appearances. A strictly confidential ministry report on failings after the explosion in Lučani was entered into evidence only in 2023. ## Affairs - [Arrest warrant for Aleksandar Radić over the "sound cannon"](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/aleksandar-radic-progon): According to its former head of public relations, it ended its cooperation with RTS on the programme "Dozvolite" over Radić's interview - [SNS bots and who organises them](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/botovi-sns): It dismissed as slander Novica Antić's claims that the Military Security Agency has a bot centre and wiretaps journalists and activists - [Dijana Hrka targeted by Informer and Vučićević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/dijana-hrka): Stated that the Military Security Agency had established that Hrka secretly and unlawfully recorded a conversation with the president, which she denies - [Explosion at the MB Namenska factory in Lučani](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/eksplozija-namenska-lucani): After the accident it ordered an extraordinary inspection, and its report, classified as strictly confidential, found 11 workplace safety failures - [Military facility on Pavlasov čot on Fruška Gora](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/fruska-gora-pavlasov-cot-vojni-objekat): It reportedly launched, by an initiative, the amendment to the Fruška Gora plan for a Serbian Armed Forces facility on Pavlasov čot - [Campaign against Ombudsman Saša Janković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/kampanja-protiv-zastitnika-gradjana): It refused to provide the ombudsman with documentation on the incident and, according to him, did not implement any of his recommendations - [Dismissal and arrest of Novica Antić of the Military Union](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novica-antic-vojni-sindikat): According to the Military Union's criminal complaint, its disciplinary bodies dismissed Antić over his public statements; the Administrative Court annulled the dismissal acts - [The “Helicopter” Case: Military Helicopter Crash near Surčin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pad-helikoptera-2015): It published the commissions' reports and transcripts of communications about the flight - [Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pomilovanja-27-septembra-2026) - [REM, RTS and state money for the media](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rem-rts-drzavno-oglasavanje): According to its former head of public relations, it ended its cooperation with RTS on the programme “Dozvolite” because of the interview with Radić ## People - [Bratislav Gašić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/bratislav-gasic): defence minister - [Petar Bošković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/petar-boskovic): former head of the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Defence - [Predrag Bandić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/predrag-bandic): Assistant Minister of Defence for Defence Policy - [Miloš Vučević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milos-vucevic): Minister of Defence - [Nebojša Stefanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/nebojsa-stefanovic): Minister of Defence - [Aleksandar Vulin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vulin): Minister of Defence - [Milan Mojsilović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milan-mojsilovic): acting assistant defence minister for defence policy - [Predrag Bandić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/predrag-bandic): Military representative of the Republic of Serbia to NATO and the EU - [Bratislav Gašić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/bratislav-gasic): defence minister - [Aleksandar Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vucic): Minister of Defence --- Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ministarstvo-odbrane As of: 9 Nov 2026 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)