A warrant for his arrest is still posted on the website of Croatia's Justice Ministry for war crimes the troops under his command perpetrated against civilians in Kijevo near Knin, Skabrnja and in other villages in the Zadar and Sibenik hinterland.
In 1992, the district court in Sibenik sentenced Mladic and other six people in absentia to 20 years in prison for war crimes against civilians in Kijevo and Vrlika and for the shelling of Sinj and Sibenik and their surroundings.
In 1995 the prosecution pressed charges against Mladic and another three fugitives for having destroyed a dam and hydro-power plant at Peruca with the aim of flooding areas in the Cetina river valley, including Sinj, Trilj and Omis.
Following a cease-fire agreement, the JNA dispatched Mladic to Sarajevo where he was appointed chief of staff of the JNA's Second Military District Command.
In May 1992, the JNA retreated from Bosnia and Mladic was appointed commander of the the main staff of the Bosnian Serb forces. He remained in this position until December 1996.