Serbia accuses Ukraine and unnamed EU country of Air Serbia bomb hoaxes

FILE PHOTO: Aleksandar Vucic, the presidential candidate of the ruling SNS party (Serbian Progressive party), reacts during a rally in Belgrade, Serbia, March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Ukraine and an unidentified EU country of being behind a series of hoax bomb threats against Air Serbia planes.

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February, more than a dozen Air Serbia flights have been forced to return to Belgrade or Moscow due to bomb threats, and Belgrade's airport was evacuated at least three times.