How successful would serb forces be in the yugoslav wars with a major foreign backer

How successful would serb forces be in the yugoslav wars with major foreign backer

Would they be able to overrun Bosnia and seize even more of Croatia

Would they be able to keep their gains and secure their independence

Would NATO still intervene
 
Would the Serb republics if successful merge with Serbia or have relationship similar to Kosovo and Albania
 
Proxy wars are always hard to predict. Who is the foreign backer? Why? How commited? How resourcefull is this foreign backer?
 
There was pretty active Greek support for Serbia, I suspect a right-wing Russian government would be happy to support Serbia, tacitly or otherwise, for similar reasons of Orthodox Brotherhood.
 
Who is the foreign backer? Why? How commited? How resourcefull is this foreign backer?
Would something like a surviving soviet union or a more powerful anti-western Russia , China or India work . I was thinking vetoing or opposing sanctions and resolution against them along with running arms , financial support though Serbia and possibly advisers training them in Serbia .
 
An early Putin-like Russia without Yeltsin would have done a lot for the Serbs. Sure, they're in an economic rut, but at least their leader wouldn't inebriated 24/7. Any other Russian leader would have taken the chance to shore up public support by helping the Serbs. May not be enough, but it would prolong their resistance to give them a better hand at Dayton.
 
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