Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, hukumomin Croatia sun shirya sake dawo da ikon su na Knin kuma sun tura 'yan sanda ta hanyar Benkovac da Obrovac zuwa garin. An tura rundunar 'yan sanda ta musamman ta jiragen sama daga Zagreb a matsayin ƙarfafawa. Sufeto na 'yan sandan Knin Milan Martić ya tura' yan sandan Knin a kan sojojin Croatia, kuma ya tattara 'yan sandan ajiyar a yankin don sare bishiyoyi da toshe hanyar shiga garin, wanda ya sami nasarar juyin juya halin Log. JNA ta tura jiragen sama na Sojan Sama na Yugoslav don hana jirage masu saukar ungulu kuma hukumomin Croatia sun ja da baya. Shawarar SNC ta ci gaba kuma ta samar da goyan baya ga "yancin kai" na Serbs na Croatia. Babić ya karfafa iko a kan yankin, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama yankin Serbia mai cin gashin kansa na Krajina (SAO Krajina). Yayin da SAO Krajina a hankali ya ƙarfafa kuma ya faɗaɗa yankunan da ke ƙarƙashin ikonsa, armed clashes a Pakrac da Plitvice Lakes
ya biyo baya a watan Maris da Afrilu 1991, wanda ya haifar da yakin neman 'yancin kai na Croatia. A wannan lokacin, 28 daga cikin 'yan majalisa 37 na' yan kabilar Serbia na majalisar dokokin Croatia, ciki har da wakilan SDS guda biyar, sun bar majalisar.