On 12 March, the Defence Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh officially announced the death of an Armenian soldier at a military outpost on line-of-contact. 19-year-old Karen Karapetyan was found with a fatal gunshot wound, initial findings brought about evidence of murder. A fellow serviceman of Karapetyan was detained and a criminalContinue Reading
Armenian officials have expressed their negative thoughts regarding the upcoming military exercises in Azerbaijan, which will include around 10.000 participants, 500 armoured vehicles, 300 artillery and 20 aviation units. The spokesperson for Armenia’s Defence Ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, stated that “Azerbaijan organised the 11-15 March military exercises in the context ofContinue Reading
Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence Minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan received the OSCE’s Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk . The official meeting took place on 08 March, a day after Kasprzyk’s meeting with the Azeri Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov. The two sides discussed recent developments along the line-of-contact and long-termContinue Reading
The latest reports on ceasefire violations along the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. Azeri officials reported 135 incidents the first 6 days of March compared to 649 incidents during the same six-day period last year. On 27 and 28 February, the Azeri authorities recorded ceasefire violations withContinue Reading
During the Armenian Prime Minister’s official visit to Iran on 27 February, the two sides discussed and agreed on a series of issues related to strengthening economic, cultural and political ties, along with parliamentary co-operation among other fields. Apart from the diplomatic terminology used in official media publications from bothContinue Reading
On 27 February, the OSCE conducted its third ceasefire monitoring mission of this year at military positions near the line of contact. This monitoring mission was conducted further south of the one conducted on 13 February; this time it took place near the cities of Aghdam, on Nagorno Karabakh’s side,Continue Reading
Foreign ministers Masis Mailyan (Nagorno Karabakh) and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan(Armenia) met for consultations this Monday, 25 February. Official reports from Armenia’s Foreign Ministry state that the two: value [their] periodical meetings and highlighted their willingness to further promote bilateral consultation meetings No precise details on what was discussed has been officiallyContinue Reading
According to the latest information available from the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, ceasefire violations this year are four times lower than in 2018. Data for this last week from 17 February to 25 February, show far lower ceasefire violations, on seven of the days reported ceasefire violations were byContinue Reading
On 21 February 2019, military authorities in Azerbaijan announced the shooting-down of an Armenian X-55 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to official news, the incident occurred in the vicinity of Aghdam, along the central part of the line-of-contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Baku states that the UAV was onContinue Reading
At an undisclosed military unit in southern Nagorno Karabakh, Defence Minister and Chief Commander of the Armed Forces Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan along with the Vice Chief of Staff of Armenia’s Armed Forces, Maj Gen Onik Gasparyan oversaw a series of military preparation drills stemming from a bilateral agreement betweenContinue Reading
Nagorno Karabakh’s Foreign Minister, Masis Mailyan, was received in Tskhinval, South Ossetia by his Ossetian counterpart Dmitri Medoyev. In what was an official visit on 18 February, the two sides stressed the importance of bilateral co-operation and pledged to further develop ties in fields such as education, agriculture, foreign policyContinue Reading
According to the latest official data made public by the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno Karabakh, there has been a slight increase in ceasefire violation incidents since the start of the year 2019. An internal monitoring group of the ministry has stated that violations this year have been with small armsContinue Reading
Azerbaijan’s defence minister receives large Turkish delegation headed by the country’s deputy defence minister and the heads of numerous Turkish defence firms. The two sides discussed further military coop. including joint weapons production. Interestingly, Turkish general Bahtiyar Ersay appears in a complete Azeri military uniform on Azerbaijan’s side of the
In January 2024, footage emerged of what appear to be Azeri military personnel in the ethnic-Armenian village of Hakaku, Nagorno Karabakh (NK). The village, along with the entire territory of NK were overran by Azerbaijan’s military during it’s offensive in September 2023. One of the first sources of the footage
Since approximately 2020, mystery aircraft have been spotted flying around Azerbaijan’s northwestern Dallar airbase, 30 km from Armenia’s border. They were spotted a month prior to the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war and had been seen numerous times since. The aircraft had not been able to be explicitly identified through open
An updated map of Tagavard village, Nagorno Karabakh, with its western half under Azeri military control and eastern under Karabakhi since the 2020 ceasefire, shows around 38 homes demolished. According to Sentinel Hub maps, the Azeri side demolished the homes between 2 and 12 July 2021. Military positions dividing the
At around 16:00 hours on 24 March 2022, reports emerged of Azeri troops overrunning Farukh village in Nagorno Karabakh. This village of 100 inhabitants lies around 2 km from the new 2020 ceasefire line-of-contact that separates Azeri and Karabakhi Armenian forces; it sits just below a major ridgeline considered a
On 12 March 2022, Nagorno Karabakh authorites reported 60mm mortar shells fired at Farukh village by Azeri troops. While no injuries were reported, a house was damaged. Karabakhi authorites provided photos of the damage, as well as that of an exploded mortar shell. Judging by the photos, NK Observer experts
