Upon hearing news of clashes on the border, hundreds of former combatants rushed to the front-line to stand shoulder to shoulder with Armenian soldiers. I met three brothers on the northeastern front-line – Davit, Mher, and Souren Abrahamyan (photo; from left)
Marchers demanded that Armenian President Sargsyan petition Russian authorities to free him from detention while awaiting trial.
“As you know, some Azerbaijani media outlets are portraying what happened as if their side came away victorious and that the Armenian side suffered huge losses.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime 400 times late last night, firing more than 8,000 rounds across the line of contact.
On August 9, Sargsyan is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The ministry says that late last night and earlier today, Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire 39 times, firing 546 rounds towards Armenian positions.
Hetq's editor-in-chief Edik Baghdasaryan recently met with the defense minister of the Republic of Nagorno- Karabakh (NKR), soldiers and officers serving in Karabakh, who described the current situation. Baghdasaryan notes that the "old guard" has returned to fight alongside soldiers on the frontline.
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