On 27 May, the spokesperson for Armenia’s Defence Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, gave news today of an Armenian military Nissan Patrol vehicle burned near military positions as a result of being shot at from Azeri military positions. Stepanyan also stated the incident took place in front of military positions, where theContinue Reading

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

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

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

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