Veselin Šljivančanin ( Cyrillic : Веселин Шљиванчанин ; born 13 June 1953 ) is a former Montenegrin Serb officer in the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) who participated in the Battle of Vukovar and was subsequently convicted on a war crimes indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role in the Vukovar massacre . His prison sentence was changed twice , from five to seventeen to ten years . He has since been ordered released by the ICTY on time served and good behavior
Vukovar massacre
Vukovar massacre
Veselin Šljivančanin