Diplomatski izvori dalje naznačavaju da je u ljeto 2004. Mladiću pruženo utočište u jednom vojnom kompleksu u blizini grada Han Pijeska u istočnoj BiH i da je on živio u Srbiji početkom juna te godine.
Diplomatic sources further indicated that in the summer of 2004 Mladic was sheltered at a military complex near the town of Han Pijesak in eastern BiH and that he had lived in Serbia in early June of that year.