Ratko Mladic's body handed over and set to arrive in Serbia amid security preparations

President Vucic stated that while the family will announce further details, the state will provide logistical and transport support to maintain public order and safety. Security assessments from the Security-Information Agency, military agencies, and the Ministry of Interior indicate that tens of thousands of attendees are anticipated, prompting a highly demanding security operation. "A demanding job is ahead of our services and we will use everything to ensure it," Vucic noted.

Controversy surrounds the impending funeral arrangements following an earlier statement by Serbian Minister of Justice Nenad Vujic, who told Banja Luka-based Alternativna televizija that the former general would be buried with full state honors, with the final resting place to be determined by his family.

The prospect of state honors has drawn sharp criticism from historians and analysts. Olga Manojlovic Pintar, a senior research associate at the Institute for Recent History of Serbia, described the justice minister's statement as a continuation of official state policies regarding the rulings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Court of Justice. She told Deutsche Welle that such a realization would serve as further evidence of an official politics of remembrance based on the relativization of crimes rather than the ideal of truth.