Kovacevic was indicted in 2001 along with three other officers -- Yugoslav Army General Pavle Strugar, Retired Vice Admiral Miodrag Jokic and Navy Vice Admiral Milan Zec -- for the murder of civilians and the destruction caused to the historic city.
Protiv Kovačevića i još trojice časnika -- generala Jugoslavenske armije Pavla Strugara, umirovljenog viceadmirala Miodraga Jokića i mornaričkog viceadmirala Miodraga Zeca -- je podignuta optužnica 2001. godine zbog ubojstva civila i štete nanesene povijesnom gradu.