21.10.2025.
Press release
Today, at approximately 2 p.m., Corporal Luka Stojanović, a member of the 63rd Parachute Brigade, tragically lost his life while performing routine practice jumps at the Sergeant-Pilot Mihajlo Petrović airbase in Niš.
Corporal Stojanović was born on July 24, 2004, in Niš. He had been serving with the Serbian Armed Forces as a paratrooper in the 63rd Parachute Brigade since August 1, 2024.
Military police responded to the scene and the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Niš has been notified of the incident in accordance with the law. The Chief of the General Staff has set up a commission tasked with determining the circumstances surrounding the tragic event.
Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić and Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, have sent telegrams of condolence to the family of the Serbian Armed Forces’ paratrooper who tragically lost his life.
