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Azerbaijan shells Ambulance vehicle in Nagorno Karabakh
An Ambulance vehicle was shelled and destroyed by the Azerbaijani side on April 6 in Nagorno Karabakh, Press Secretary of the President of Nagorno Karabakh Davit Babayan informed “Armenpress”. "This once again testifies to the fact that in the face of Azerbaijan, we are dealing with a terrorist state. According to the Geneva Convention an Ambulance cannot be targeted. This is impossible, this...
Azerbaijani special squads are pushed back at night
. Numerous violations of ceasefire agreement occurred at NK-Azerbaijan Line of Contact last night. According to NKR Defense Army, the rival made two intelligence diversion attempts apart from firing various calibre rifles and using mortars. Vanguard units of Defense Army noticed the advance of Azerbaijani special squads in time and pushed them back to their positions....
Azerbaijan violates ceasefire: Soldier killed in Artsakh
The Azerbaijani side violates the agreement of ceasefire: a soldier was killed by the mortar fire of the adversary. The Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh Republic released about this. “The adversary continues to violate the agreement of ceasefire. On April 6 at 18:30 in the military base located in the northeastern parts of Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line a soldier of the Defense Army Armen K. Ga...
The information about the shooting in Nakhijevan sector is false: Artsrun Hovhan...
Information about the shooting in Nakhijevan sector and other consequences is totally false. The situation is sustainable there at the moment. This was posted by the Press-secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan on his Facebook page....
Serzh Sargsyan: Steps aimed at the establishment of peace are anticipated
President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Germany on official visit, met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier, press department of the President’s office reports.Noting that his visit to Germany is taking place in the period when Azerbaijan has seriously challenged security of Nagorno Karabakh as well as of Armenia, ...
Strength is in Armenians’ faith and readiness to defend their homeland at any co...
The strength is not up-to-date weapons, or rather, it is not entirely weapons, the number of tanks. The strength is the faith of the Nagorno-Karabakh people, of the Armenians that are ready to defend their homeland at any cost, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated at a press conference held jointed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Russia is indeed our strategic ally and we are members of...
Corpses of the Azerbaijani criminal forces
Due to the clashes on the line of contact Azeri forces did not miss an opportunity to demonstrate their barbarism yet again towards the Armenian peaceful civilians. Enclosed here are the photos of the Azeri casualties that were eventually punished, while retreating from the area due to the response from the Armenian side. Criminal military investigations are taking place in various places where the Azer...
“Karabakh Telecom” announces...
“Karabakh Telecom” announces that all the telecommunication services expenses incurred for voice and SMS usage for the period of April 2nd to April 5th inclusive will be waved off for all the postpaid, fixed wireless, fixed telephony as well as prepaid subscribers whose accounts will be credited for the above mentioned period expenses. Additionally “Karabakh Telecom” will be recon...
General Chiefs of Staff of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Moscow yesterday
The Chiefs of the General Staff of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Yuri Khachaturov and Najmaddin Sadigov, met in Moscow yesterday, April 5, and agreed to cease fire and truce along the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan. Seyran Ohanyan, the Minister of Defense of Armenia, made this statement in the Government session in Yerevan on Wednesday, April 6. “The...
Iraqi Yezidis express solidarity with Armenians
Ezidkhan Protection Force (HPE) touched upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani border tensions. “Azerbaijan attacked Armenia. A Yezidi soldier was decapitated during brutal battles. We express our solidarity with our Armenian brothers, our Yazidi brothers and sisters in Armenia”, HPE Facebook page states. HPE was founded in 2014 and is recognized as the official armed forces of Yezidi by Iraqi centra...
Parents of a beheaded soldier still waiting for his body
Press secretary of Defense Ministry published the names of soldiers killed during the military operations. Kyaram Sloyan, 1996, was among the victims. The latter’s photos were earlier published by Azerbaijani media. In particular a photograph of an Azerbaijani soldier holding Syloyan’s severed head was disseminated. Journalists have spoken to Sloyan’s father, Khalal Sloyan, who said th...
NKR Defense Army: Firing ceased on mutual agreement on the frontline
“Today, as of 12:00 Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army ceased firing at the instruction of our political leadership,” spokesperson to NKR Defense Army Senor Hasratyan told Panorama.am Asked whether the information saying a ceasefire agreement is brokered, is reliable, Hasratyan noted: “Starting from 12:00 of today, firing was ceased on the frontline based on a mutual agreement. No further en...
Minsk Group urge for “immediate negotiation” under the auspices of the Co-chairs
Representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group countries strongly condemned the outbreak of "unprecedented violence” along the Line of Contact. Russian Federation, the United States of America, France, Belarus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, as well as the incoming Austrian OSCE Chair (2017) and the Serbian OSCE Chair (2015) are members of the Minsk Group. “We extend our condolences to al...
Armenian President: “We are united today into a single fist”
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended the military funeral of Private Sasun Mkrtchyan, who was killed during military operations. According to Serzh Sargsyan, what is happening now in Artsakh is another hardship for Armenian people. “I am convinced that we will overcome this challenge with dignity. Blinded by hatred towards Armenians and drunk on oil, Azerbaijani government doesn’t unde...
Good News from Border Hotspots. Artsakhpress Sources report
The aggressive offensive measures taken by the enemy in all directions of border were passive within several hours, informed Artsakhpress sources. According to our reliable sources, during the last few hours there is a considerable calmness along the entire length of the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. With corresponding actions, the Karabakh army suppressed the rival&rsquo...
NKR Defense Army: Azerbaijan shells Martuni
NKR Defense Army says it remains committed to its strategy and doesn’t open fire on civilian settlements, while Azerbaijan this time shelled Martuni following the shelling of Martakert and nearby villages. NKR Defense Army also referred to their previous statement concerning Azerbaijan Defense Minister’s threats about bombarding Stepanakert....
NKR Defense Army comments on fake letter allegedly written by Levon Mnatsakanyan
Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army made a statement concerning Azerbaijani made fake letter allegedly written by Levon Mnatsakanyan.The commentary reads, “It turns out that our adversary is not only incompetent in the battlefield, but also in the propaganda front. “Specialists” of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan probably have heard about the propaganda war, yet they didn’t take into ...
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman Condemns Azerbaijani Aggression
Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on April 4. "The Azerbaijani aggression we have seen over the last few days is deeply disappointing. There are a number of news reports indicating that more than 100 Armenians have been killed as a result. Chairman Ed Royce and I urged that Azerbaijan use the opportunity provided by t...
Azerbaijani side used “Smerch” rocket
Azerbaijan started large military attacks on the whole frontline between Artsakh and Azerbaijani troops in the night of April 1st. The military actions are going on and the enemy expands the use of heavy vehicles against Artsakh forces and peaceful civilians. In night of April 4 Azerbaijani side used “Smerch” rockets towards the Southern part of the frontline.  At the same time the enemy...
Unfortunate news from Martakert
Apparently the road to Martakert was bombed by the Azerbaijanis targeting a bus carrying volunteers from Sisian. We have 5 casualties and more injured....
The answer of Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to the question of Arme...
Question: Mr. Kocharyan, what is Armenia’s position on targeting civilians during the large-scale operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic? What international legal assessment should be given to those hideous crimes? Answer: The large-scale offensive operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh in recent days not only violated Ceasefire Agreement, signed b...
NKR Defence Army has 20 casualties, 26 missing and 72 wounded
NKR Defense Army colonel Victor Arustamian announced that Armenian side has 20 killed and 72 wounded officers and soldiers. Victor Arustamian told this in Stepanakert during a meeting with journalists. 26 servicemen are missing. He also mentioned that the Armenian side has lost 7 tanks. “The depth of Azerbaijan army advancement doesn't exceed 300 meters. Currently, we have 5 (South) and 3 (North...
NKR has grounds to believe Azerbaijan uses Islamic terrorists on the frontline
The Spokesman of the President of Nagorno Karabakh Republic David Babayan says, Stepanakert has grounds to believe that Azerbaijan has recruited mercenaries from the Turkish “Grey Wolves” organization and “Islamic State” terrorist organization. “Although facts have yet to be finally confirmed, there are reliable grounds to believe that mercenaries have appeared in the Azerba...
Azerbaijani soldiers behead Ezidi from Armenia
On April 1 and 2 the Azerbaijani military started to launch attacks on Armenian positions, resulting in casualties on both sides. The 20-year old Ezidi soldier Karam Sloyan from Armenia who was among the casualties was apparently beheaded. Pictures of Azerbaijani soldiers posing with Sloyan´s decapitated head surfaced on VKontakte, a popular social network in Eastern Europe. Soon after, an ISIS-lik...
Calls actually addressed to conflicting parties appreciated – Armenia’s defense ...
Since April 2, the international community has voiced its concern over the escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the press service of Armenia’s Defense Ministry reports. Specifically, international and regional organizations, as well as individual states, are urging the conflicting parties t sow restraint, put and to hostilities and refrain from steps toward escalation. Armenia’s ministry of defen...
Israeli Knesset Deputy Speaker condemns Azerbaijan
Head of Armenia-Israel Friendship Group, Knesset Deputy Speaker Tali Ploskov strongly condemned Azerbaijan’s military actions against NKR and called to establish peace. According to Amernian National Assembly press service, Tali Ploskov stated this today during the meeting of Armenian and Israeli MPs at the National Assembly. Knesset MPs noted that the only solution of the conflict is peace, which...
Armenian President visits wounded soldiers
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited today Defense Ministry’s Central Military Hospital to see servicemen wounded during military operations on NK-Azerbaijan contact line. The President asked doctors about soldiers’ condition, expressed his support to the servicemen, and wished them get better soon....
The way Azerbaijani chopper downed, Karabakh serviceman tells
A video was published in the web showing Karabakh Defense Ministry Serviceman Narek Malkhasyan sharing his experience of downing an Azerbaijani chopper, which was attacking Karabakh positions.To remind, the chopper was shot down by a grenade launcher in Jabrayil direction. “I noticed the helicopter approaching me, firing and I just shot back,” the serviceman says modestly.  ...
Serzh Sargsyan has a meeting with the OSCE ambassadors
At this current moment Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is having a meeting with the ambassadors of the OSCE member-countries. As the “Armenpress” news agency informs, Armenian President invited the Security Council session before and announced: “Azerbaijani Armed Forces have started provocation on the whole line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijani troops. These are largest mili...
Azerbaijan uses TOS-1 rocket launchers
Tensions are going on in the whole frontline between Artsakh and Azerbaijani troops. Azerbaijani side tried to use heavy vehicles in order to break the Armenian defense on the frontline. Azerbaijan used TOS-1 rocket launchers and drones. Press speaker of Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan informs about this. He also informed that Armenian servicemen managed to destroy the systems and anti-airc...
Awaited news from the front. Armenian subdivisions have a serious progress
Finally, we received the awaited news. The Armenian subdivisions have a serious progress in some parts of the front line, liberating new positions and frontiers. The Press-secretary of the RA Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan has posted this on his Facebook page....
Azerbaijani Soldiers Execute Elderly Armenian Couple in Artsakh; The Cut Off The...
War is ugly, this is a given! Nevertheless, Hetq wishes to apologize to its readers for publishing the sedisturbing photos from the village of Talish in the northeastern Martakert District of Artsakh. Today, Hetq photographer Hakob Poghosyan was in Talish that was temporarily overrun by Azerbaijani military units. The village is a few kilometers inside the Artsakh border with Azerbaijan. Only a few resid...
Bako Sahakyan has convoked a working consultation
President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan has convoked a working consultation on April 3, during which they discussed the situation on the frontline to prevent the possible actions by the enemy and issues related to the measures taken by the Artsakh Defense Army. The information department of the President’s Staff of the Artsakh Republic informed about this. The President gave certain instruc...
Seyran Ohanyan had a telephone conversation with the Iranian Minister of Defense...
Seyran Ohanyan had a telephone conversation with the Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Hossein Dehghan RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan had a telephone conversation with the Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Hossein Dehghan on April 3. The Information and Public Relations Department of the RA Ministry of Defense has informed about this. The parties expresse...
The overall picture of the events of the last hours by the Press-secretary of th...
Press-secretary of the RA Minister of Defense has posted on his Facebook page: About the general picture for the last hours. Heated battles continue in the northern and southern parts of the battlefield, however, the initiative is in the hands of the Armenian side and nothing can be said about any success of the Azerbaijani side. We continue to control the actions of the enemy, and the initiative is in o...
Azerbaijani side continues attacks on the frontline
On April 3, since 06:00, Azerbaijani site continues heave aggressive attacks towards the Southern part of the frontline between Artsakh and Azerbaijani troops. Press service of Artsakh Defense Ministry informs about this.  According to the source, Artsakh Defense Army military units take all necessary actions to stop the enemy. More detailed information about the frontline situation will be present...
Azerbaijan openly professes its own agressive actions launched against Artsakh R...
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, which earlier urged its plebs to the ‘Armenian provocations’ openly professed its own aggression against the Republic of Artsakh. “Military targets focused alongside the front and distant border have been pre-determined, as a result of our attack the military equipment, manpower and other military infrastructure of the enemy have been destroyed,” rea...
Another Azerbaijani military helicopter destroyed
The armed clashes are proceeding alongside the Karabakh-Azerbaijani border. More intense fights are launched in the Southern (Hadrut) and northeastern (Martakert) directions, already turned into a frontline. Along the southeastern front, the NKR forces have destroyed 2 tanks, in the northeastern direction- a tank and a drone. It is reported that another Azerbaijani military helicopter was destroyed at 1...
Armenian soldiers destroy Azerbaijani tanks and drones
The Armenian armed forces on Artsakh's border have destroyed tanks and drones in the ongoing battles, reports Armenian Defense Ministry's spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan. Note that on the night of April 1-to-2, the enemy launched explicitly assault activities towards south, southeast, and northeast directions of Azerbaijan-Nagorno-Karabakh border, using along with other types of weapons heavy artillery, t...
RA Ministry of Defense is consulting with international organizations
RA Ministry of Defense is in constant contact with international organizations and diplomatic military representatives of foreign states for the purpose of information exchange as well as of necessary consultations on situation development on the contact line of Kharabakh-Azerbaijan forces. This was announced by RA MD spokesman Artsrun Hovhanisyan. Note that on the night of April 1-to-2, the enemy launch...
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