According to UN prosecutors, at the beginning of the 1992-1995 conflict in BiH, Stankovic was serving as a soldier in the Miljevina Battalion of the Foca Tactical Brigade and was among a group temporarily quartered in the abandoned house of a Bosnian Muslim.
Prema tužiteljima UN-a, na početku sukoba u BiH iz 1992-1995, Stanković je bio vojnik u Miljevačkom bataljunu taktičke brigade u Foči te je sa skupinom drugih pripadnika bio privremeno smješten u napuštenoj kući bosanskog muslimana.