Totally different. Yugoslavia was a deeply divided country held together by a strongman. When he died, if course it was gonna fall apart. No surprises there.
Vukovar was the parallel I was thinking of. And Osijek, and other towns.
Surrounded by invading Serbian forces (which taken over the assets of the 5th largest army in Europe), shelled mercilessly - the worst destruction since WW2. Then the defeat, and massacres - and mass rapes.
And an arms embargo on Croatia! Which effectively prevented any sort of defense.