Today, the RoA Ministry of Defense has refuted reports appearing in the Azeri press that cite Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov as stating that certain Armenian military units have abandoned their frontline posts and are retreating towards the west. The RoA Defense Ministry cites Colonel Senor Hasratyan, head of the Press Division of the NKR Defense Army, as denying any such information as pure propaganda emanating from Baku.