War in the Balkans: Timetable: Day 35

Monday 26 April

9.40pm: US Apache helicopter crashes at an airfield in Tirana.

10.10pm: Sirens sound in Belgrade.

11pm: Explosions heard in Novi Sad and air raid sirens in Kragujevac.

Midnight: Serbs report explosions at Sombor, near Hungarian border.

Tuesday 27 April

12.10am: Huge blast shakes 23-storey building housing Milosevic's Socialist party and several broadcast stations. TV transmitter destroyed.

4am: Nato targets Lipljan region south of Pristina and nearby Slatina airport.

5.15am: All-clear sirens sound in Belgrade.

5.45am: Three cluster bombs launched near agricultural school on outskirts of Pristina. Serbs report several missiles launched in western Kosovo cities Decani and Pec.

7am: Strobe Talbott, US Deputy Secretary of State, starts talks with Igor Ivanov, Russian Foreign Minister.

7.05am: Air-raid alert in Pristina.

11am: Nato hits a bridge, for the fourth time, connecting Kosovo with rest of Serbia. Surdulica village near Bulgarian border struck by four missiles.

3pm: Iraq's President, Saddam Hussein, expresses support for Milosevic and his people.

4pm: Serbs say Nato has hit targets on Mount Goles, near Lipljan, southern Kosovo.

5pm: Serbian TV says at least five were killed in Surdulica attack.