BOSNIAN SERBS FAIL IN ATTEMPT TO RAID U.N. ARMS DEPOT

SARAJEVO, May 3 (Hina) - UN Ukranian peacekeepers prevented a Bosnian Serb attempt overnight to seize back two antiaircraft guns from a UN-guarded weapons depot in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, the UN in Sarajevo said today. There were at least five antiaircraft guns, four tanks and a larger number of mortars in the UN depot. Several hundred artillery pieces were stored at UN weapons collection sites around Sarajevo after Serbs handed them over to UNPROFOR in 1994 following an ultimatum. UN military observers have counted about 1,000 armed incidents in the Sarajevo area in the last 24 hours in which one civilian has been killed and five people have been wounded. The UN said that Serbs had fired four mortar rounds on the Sarajevo district of Sedrenik. UN and Serb officials were meeting today to discuss the functioning of Sarajevo airport. UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko said that Serbs demanded that a new agreement be signed, their office be opened at the airport and the UN release an official statement to confirm that the airport belonged to the Serbs. UN officials resolutely rejected such demands and called for the resumption of air traffic under the same conditions the airport operated until 20 days ago when humanitarian flights had been suspended after Serb forces opened fire at a US aircraft. (hina) mm vm 031448 MET may 95