The Yugoslav armed forces have given an account of what they say are NATO's losses since the Alliance began its campaign against Yugoslavia five weeks ago.

In an interview with a Belgrade-based newspaper , the Chief-of-Staff, General Dragoljub Oidanic, said NATO had so far lost forty-six aircraft and six helicopters.

He also said the Yugoslav army had shot down eight pilotless aircraft and more than one-hundred-and-eighty cruise missiles.

The General said that despite its huge technical superiority, NATO had failed to inflict military and moral defeat on Yugoslavia.

NATO itself says it has lost a single stealth bomber near Belgrade and an Apache helicopter in Albania, both without loss of life.