Armenia’s Defence minister, Davit Tonoyan, was received today by his counterpart, Karen Abrahamyan, in de facto Nagorno Karabakh in what was an official visit within the framework of mutual cooperation between the two sides. According to an official notification from Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence ministry, the two defence heads visited aContinue Reading
Five Azeri and two Armenian servicemen killed these past days, with one of them being a combat death, and the remainder under unspecified circumstances. The 18 September brought about news about the death of Azeri border guard, Senan Huseynov, one month before he was to be demobilised. The reasons forContinue Reading
Between 5-6 September, the Armenian Armed Forces’ Chief of Staff, Artak Davtyan, visited his counterpart in Nagorno Karabakh, Karen Abrahamyan, to monitor and evaluate a series of military training field expeditions near the southern, northern and northeastern segments of the line of contact with Azerbaijan (1, 2). According to officialContinue Reading
Yesterday, Armenia’s Defence minister Davit Tonoyan paid an official visit to his counterpart in the de facto Nagorno Karabakh, Karen Abrahamyan. Official notifications stated that the two visited the northern and eastern segments of the line-of-contact to follow up on the latest situation, as well as defence and security mechanisms atContinue Reading
As an update to the situation, several new theories have emerged putting into doubt the initial hypothesis that Armenian conscript Arayaik Ghazarian abandoned his military position and fled to the Azeri side due to beatings. Area of occurrence along the southern segment of the line-of-contact The Azeri side has stayedContinue Reading
Today, reports got out of an Armenian conscript defecting to the Azeri side on the southern segment of the line-of-contact. According to reports, the individual involved is 19-year-old Arayik Ghazarian, who left his military outpost at around 12.00 hours and proceeded to cross the highly-militarised neutral zone towards Azeri militaryContinue Reading
This weekend the president of de facto Nagorno Karabakh, Bako Sahakyan, visited a military outpost on the central segment of the line-of-contact accompanied by Defence minister Karen Abrahamyan and the head of the Security Council, Arshavir Gharamyan. An official statement provided by defence officials stated that the visit’s aim wasContinue Reading
There has been a recent spike in ceasefire violation reports on the line-of-contact between Azerbaijan and de facto Nagorno Karabakh, and the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to reports from defence officials from the three sides. Defence officials in Nagorno Karabakh noted a significant drop in average daily projectilesContinue Reading
Official news got out of a visit from the Armenian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Artak Davtyan, visiting his counterpart, also the Defence minister of Nagorno Karabakh, Karen Abrahamyan. During the visit, which was conducted within the framework of military cooperation between Armenia and the de facto NagornoContinue Reading
These past few days saw several events dedicated to furthering combat-readiness and the evaluation of training results of troops stations at several military bases in Nagorno Karabakh. On 31 July, an official news report from Defence authorities in Stepanakert illustrated the visit of Armenia’s deputy Defence minister, Gabriel Balayan,and theContinue Reading
Yesterday, Defence officials in Stepanakert revealed that the de facto republic’s Defence minister, Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan, visited military installations on the northern segment of the line-of-contact. The exact locations of the visit were not specified on open-sources. An official statement mentioned that Abrahamyan’s aime was to evaluate and assesContinue Reading
On Wednesday, 24 July 2019, Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence minister and head of the de facto republic’s Armed forces, Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan, received the OSCE’s Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk in an official event. Official media reports did not specify on the exact details of what was discussed,Continue 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
Mystery flights from Azerbaijan’s Dallar airbase most likely military helicopter training flights, possibly Mi-8 gunships/transport or even Turkish T-129 gunships (recently seen in Azerbaijan during the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 2023” military drills. Neither aircraft had registration numbers according to @flightradar24, but did have call signs (SMK701 and SMK702) and ICAO 24-bit
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
