Winter is coming to the Balkans: to Knin, Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Belgrade. Countries devastated by war need food and heating, but this winter will be different. Last winter there was no war in Bosnia, Serbs in Croatia had the backing of the JNA and Serbia, and there were no sanctions against Serbia. But, things have gone too far in a year and there is no turning back. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has increasingly become the hostage of those who were hostages of the former state and army