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
Yesterday, a session dedicated to evaluating military achievements, issues and developments during the the first half of the year took place organised by the heads of the Nagorno Karabakh Military Council, headed by Defence minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan. Maj Gen Abrahamyan in his opening words brief the members ofContinue Reading
Last week, Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence minister, Maj Gej Karen Abrahamyan, visited a series of military bases and outposts along the northern segment of the line-of-contact. The purpose of the visit was to follow up on the the condition of new recruits, review the general well-being of the servicemen and evaluateContinue Reading
A motorised infantry brigade from the Nagorno Karabakh military conducted combat simulations today at the eastern Tigranakert military training ground. The event was officially announced as a test of military capacities for the first half of the year. The motorised infantry brigade conducted live-fire drills, which involved a general mobilisation,Continue Reading
New conscripts taken into service during the summer military draft were visited by high-level military officials, including Nagorno Karabakh’s Defence minister, Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan, veterans of the war in the 1990s and local NGO representatives. During the event, Maj Gen Abrahamyan spoke with the new conscripts and expressed thatContinue 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
Large-scale military exercises are underway in Nagorno Karabakh. As mentioned in an earlier post, military officials in Stepanakert announced major military exercises will take place with the participation of around 10.000 troops, over 400 technical vehicles, 200 artillery guns, 150 armoured vehicles and 50 anti-air defence systems. The event will beContinue Reading
Reinforced military units involving armoured tank battalions participated in live-fire exercises at the Tigranakert training ground. The event was supervised by the commander of an undisclosed military base, Col Ashot Aghajanyan, while observing was the Defence Minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan. Also present were commanders and officers of the participatingContinue Reading
A Military Council hearing was called in Stepanakert today by the Defence ministry’s leadership headed by defence minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan. High-ranking officials and officers from all over the military were present during the meeting, which, officially was aimed at addressing issues related to the organisation of personnel andContinue Reading
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Minsk Group heads, co-presidents Stéphane Visconti, Andrew Schofer and Igor Papov and Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk, continued their regional visit plans and are now in Nagorno Karabakh. The delegation concluded its visit to Yerevan yesterday, and were received by the Nagorno KarabakhContinue 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
