According to official reports, between 28 and 29 January, a series of meetings and visits with the participation of high-ranking military and state officials took place in de facto Nagorno Karabakh (NK). It is worth nothing that 28 January is marked as a national holiday in both Armenia and NK,Continue Reading
This past week, Armenia received the most significant arms supply in years from its strategic partner Russia. The arms included an unspecified number of Tor 2M anti-air missile systems, at least five Osa anti-air missile vehicles and four Sukhoi Su-30 multi-purpose fighter jets. The overall value of the military hardware,Continue Reading
On 28 November, Nagorno Karabakh Defence officials headed by minister Karen Abrahamyan received their Armenian counterpart, Artak Davtyan, in what is an official visit the northeastern and central segments of the line-of-contact to follow up on completed projects and undergoing renovation works carried out for the military. The visit coincidesContinue 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
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
Armenian Defence minister Artak Davatyan and the head of Azerbaijan’s State Border Service (SBS), Elchin Guliyev, apparently visited military outposts and installations in the same area, possibly within hours of each other. This comes amid heightened tensions between the two sides, not so much on the Nagorno Karabakh front, butContinue Reading
Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan received his Armenian counterpart Lt Gen Artak Davtyan during an official visit to the ministry, and a series of military installations. During the visit, the two military heads assessed and familiarised themselves with ongoing renovation works at military outposts to strengthen positionsContinue Reading
On Saturday, the Chief-of-Staff of the Nagorno Karabakh Armed Forces, Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan, received his counterpart from Armenia Lt Gen Artak Davtyan. Subsequently, the two paid visits to military bases and outposts along the line-of-contact in the centre and south of Nagorno Karabakh. Officially, the aim of the eventsContinue Reading
Footage and satellite imagery from the past several months highlight demolitions of ethnic-Armenian churches, homes, residential buildings and even a village in Nagorno Karabakh. The demolitions were carried out by Azerbaijan’s government, now fully in control of the territory. The entire Armenian population of 120,000 fled to Armenia proper
Mayors of the three major cities of former Nagorno Karabakh, have been arrested by Armenian authorities coinciding with a growing opposition movement with whom they may have been associated with. The mayor of Karabakhi capital Stepanakert, and those of Askeran and Martakert cities have been detained by Armenian authorities. Stepanakert
On 24 May, 2024, Armenia’s Defence Ministry reported that the country’s prime minister nominated five colonels to be promoted to the rank of major general. This is one of the highest numbers of officers promoted to such ranks in one act in recent years. These career advancements possibly indicate loyalty,
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
