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On 6 June, the newly-elected president of de facto Nagorno Karabakh(NK), Arayik Harutyunian, visited special forces troops of the National Security Service (NSS) at an undisclosed location. According to an official statement, Harutyunian was accompanied by the NSS head, Kamo Aghajanian. No details of the official visit were made public,Continue Reading

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Twenty-year-old Azeri serviceman, Taleh Shukurov, was reportedly killed today according to media report from pro-opposition Meydan TV. The report, based on information from Shukurov’s family, as well as the municipal head and military recruiting office of his native city Goytepe.  The area of incident was not released to the publicContinue Reading

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On 5 May, Azeri defence minister, Zakir Hasanov, the head of the Military Affairs department of the presidential administration, Maharram Aliyev,  along with other high-ranking military officials visited military installations along the line-of-contact. According to an official publication by Azeri defence officials, the area visited was between the Karabakhi villageContinue Reading

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The beginning of May saw a series of threatening messages exchanged between Azeri and Karabakhi defence officials. Since the start of the year, Nagorno Karabakh officials have registered a progressive monthly increase in recorded ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan, while the latter’s data shows no major increase, with recorded cases similarContinue Reading

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On 4 May, a series of defensive military drills were carried out under the supervision of Nagorno Karabakh’s military head and defence minister Jalal Harutyunyan. According to an official statement, the drills included methods and techniques for the use of small arms and grenade launchers during combat for defensive purposesContinue Reading

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On 1 May, de facto Nagorno Karabakh’s defence minister, Jalal Harutyunyan, received his Armenian counterpart, Davit Tonoyan, for a two-day official visit. According to official news, Tonoyan visited military installations in northern and central Karabakh, meeting with officers and servicemen during the visits. The defence ministers discussed further plans forContinue Reading

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An Azeri unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down yesterday, 21 April, on the line-of-contact (LoC) separating de facto Nagorno Karabakh (NK) and Azerbaijan according to an official statement by the Karabakh Defence Ministry. The latter published a statement six hours after the incident, in which they identified the UAVContinue Reading

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On 9 April, de facto Nagorno Karabakh (NK) defence officials headed by defence head Jalal Harutyunyan held consultations aimed at evaluating series of military matters. According to the official statement, the participants included high-level military commanders of the armed forces, staff officials, commanders of different military units, commissioners and militaryContinue Reading

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According to a report from the Nagorno Karabakh Defence Ministry, on 5 April, Armenian serviceman Arayik Shakhpazyan received a gunshot wound at a military position on the eastern segment of the line-of-contact (LoC) with Azerbaijan; he was subsequently transported to a military hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. No further detailsContinue Reading

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According to a statement from the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) defence officials published on 27 March, a series of drills involving the heads of different military units were carried out at an undisclosed location. As officially mentioned, the event sought to test out new methods and techniques for combat in unfamiliarContinue Reading

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According to official notifications from the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) Defence Ministry,  a series of simulations were conducted on 26 March showing anti-tank attack and defence drills being carried out. The statement mentioned that the drills  were aimed at “overcoming the fear of combat agains tanks”  by infantry using different weaponContinue Reading