The end of this week saw a series of training sessions conducted by different units of the Azeri Armed Forces, including nocturnal simulations at an undisclosed traning ground, as well as an anti-air defence live-fire exercise. The sessions, according to the official footage provided, did not appear to be significantContinue Reading
Yesterday, an official notification from the military authorities in Nagorno Karabakh revealed live-fire military drills involving T-72 tanks and BMP armoured vehicles. The event took place in the northern part of the de facto territory on 31 October and included an armoured tank unit with motorised infantry. The drills wereContinue Reading
On 16 August, news got out of anti-air defence units from Azerbaijan’s armed forces carrying out live-fire drills with S-125 Pechora missiles. Official notifications stated that the drills were aimed at enhancing the units’ skills and combat capacities. Photos of the S-125 Pechora air defence units at the training groundContinue Reading
Yesterday, the units from Azerbaijan’s air force carried out live-fire drills with Su-25 combat aircraft. The drills included both, daytime, as well as nocturnal simulations. Official publications from the Defence ministry stated the fighter unit attacked training targets with different armament types, including bombs and air-surface rockets. The drills wereContinue 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
Units from the Azeri Armed Forces took part in a combat-readiness exercise, with life-fire drills at a training ground near Ganja. The official statement from military officials stated that the units taking part in the event were motorised, tank-armoured, artillery and anti-air defence units. Military hardware taking part inContinue Reading
According to a publication from military officials in Stepanakert, life-fire drills took place today at the Tigranakert training ground in eastern Nagorno Karabakh. The drills were aimed at further integrating coordination between motorised, armoured, artillery, anti-air defence and engineering units from the Nagorno Karabakh military. The mentioned units participated inContinue 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
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 be accompanied by life-fire drills. Particular emphasis will be put on nocturnal operations andContinue 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
Reports from Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry today revealed rocket and artillery military units conducting live-fire exercises involving the 152mm MSTA-S self-propelled artillery guns. The event most likely took place at a military training ground on the southern edge of the Mingechevir resevoir. Possible training ground location, 50 km from line-of-contact Continue Reading
On the night of 30 May, armoured and artillery units from Nagorno Karabakh’s armed forces participated in snap nocturnal drills, aimed at testing combat readiness and immediate response of all personnel and technical means involved in these units. The military units were woken in the dead of night to carryContinue 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
