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 je 2001. godine podignuta optužnica zajedno sa još tri oficira -- generalom jugoslovenske armije Pavlom Strugarom, penzionisanim viceadmiralom Miodragom Jokićem i mornaričkim viceadmiralom Miodragom Zecom -- zbog ubistva civila i štete nanete istorijskom gradu.