Army of Republika Srpska ( ; ВРС/VRS ) , commonly referred to in English as the Bosnian Serb Army , was the military of Republika Srpska ( RS ) , the self-proclaimed Serb secessionist republic , a territory within the newly independent Bosnia and Herzegovina ( formerly part of Yugoslavia ) , which it defied . Active during the Bosnian War ( 1992 – 95 ) , it continued to exist as the armed forces of RS , one of two entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina , until 2006 when it was integrated into the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Forces of the VRS perpetrated the Srebrenica massacre in 1995
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Army of Republika Srpska