BOSNIAN SERBS SEIZE HEAVY WEAPONS AROUND SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Aug 5 (Hina) - Bosnian Serb forces seized heavy weapons guarded by Ukrainian U.N. peacekeepers at a U.N. weapons collection site in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, at 3.50 a.m. today. U.N. spokesman Rob Annink told reporters in Sarajevo that the Serbs had taken a T-55 tank and three armoured vehicles. Annink said that U.N. Chief-of-Staff General Van Baal had talked to Serb military commanders at 7.15 this morning and demanded that the weapons be returned immediately. Van Baal warned that UNPROFOR would use all means available to punish the violation of the weapons exclusion zone surrounding the Bosnian capital. Annink specified that air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions were possible. Shortly before 11 a.m. today, French U.N. peacekeepers sighted a Serb tank and an armoured vehicle moving from Vogosca to Semizovac north of Sarajevo. The French could not check whether the weapons had been stolen from the Ilidza storage site or whether it was another case of the violation of Sarajevo's exclusion zone because Serb forces would not allow them to get close enough. Annink said NATO had detailed information on the incidents and was closely monitoring the situation. (hina) sd vm 051458 MET aug 94