During continuing military exercises, the Nagorno Karabakh Ministry of Defence revealed a second round of live-fire exercises at an undisclosed training ground and shooting range. Military units from the 4th Army Corps consisting of infantry commenced the drills on 17 May, aimed at testing their combat readiness and furthering theirContinue Reading
On Monday, the Azeri Armed Forces commenced large-scale exercises according a previously determined agenda. Defence minister Zakir Hasanov is supervising the event, which includes units from diverse military formations. The exercises are the biggest so far this year, with officially over 10.000 troops, 200 rocket and artillery systems, 150 tanksContinue Reading
On 17 May, the head of the Nagorno Karabakh Armed Forces and Defence Minister Maj Gen Karen Abrahamyan was present at a series of drills within the framework of life-fire military drills at the “Tigranakert” military training ground. According to an official statement from the military authorities, the unit participatingContinue Reading
From 13-24 May, Azerbaijan, along with the United Kingdom, Qatar, Pakistan, Romania and the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will be participating in a series of military drills termed “Anatolian Phoenix 2019” aimed at “training, co-operation and developing interoperability”, according to a statement from Turkish Air Force authorities.Continue Reading
Cadets from the Artillery School of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy in Yerevan started a series of hands-on training exercises aimed paralleling theoretical knowledge with practice. The events, which will take place from 04-18 May, seek to familiarise cadets with military field conditions. Training alongside the latter were artillery unitsContinue Reading
Official reports from military authorities in Yerevan today brought about news on live-fire drills with the participation of armoured units from the 1st Army Corps. The drills are aimed at “furthering the skills of servicemen in the field”, as well as developing areas of the areas of expertise of theContinue Reading
On Sunday, Azeri military officials accompanied their Turkish counterparts to Heydar Aliyev Airport in Baku, to conclude the bilateral Mustafa Kamal Atatürk 2019 military drills. The events started on 01 May, and according to official footage and further analysis conducted by military news portal Razm.info, included the participation of T-72Continue Reading
On Friday (03 March) an undisclosed motorised brigade from Nagorno Karabakh’s Armed Forces took part in a life-fire exercise to test out combat-readiness and co-ordination. The armoured units were mainly T-72 modernised tanks stationed in central Nagorno Karabkah. The event took place approximately 10 km from the central segment ofContinue Reading
On Friday, armoured and artillery military units from the Armed Forces of Nagorno Karabakh conducted a series of training exercises in the south of the de facto country. According to the Karabakh military officials at the Ministry of Defence, the event took place with the presence of high-level counterparts fromContinue Reading
A few days ago, the Azeri artillery units of the Armed Forces conducted a series of live-fire exercises with heavy-calibre artillery and the BM-30 Smerch defence system. It is worth mentioning that the artillery types used here are the largest calibre currently in service in the country, with the M-46Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the 1st Army Corps of the Armenian Armed Forces conducted live-fire exercises at an undisclosed military training ground using BM-21 Grad type multi-launch rocket systems. The event was aimed at dummy targets, which according to the Armenian Defence Ministry, were “targeted by correct calculations” by members of theContinue Reading
Three years after the first major clashes on the line-of-contact between Armenian and Azeri forces in Nagorno Karabakh after the 1994 ceasefire, the two sides appear to be well aware of difficulties of stability in the region. A series of military simulations and training sessions were conducted by different unitsContinue 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
