The churchyard soon fills up. Parents, holding flowers, visit their sons’ grave. They speak with difficulty. They say that today is not a day to speak, that they must listen to the ones they have lost.
Yuri’s graphic murder had been videotaped. Spread on Azerbaijani social media, it shows an Azerbaijani soldier pinning Yuri to the ground, raising his chin, and cutting his throat with a knife.
The French Embassy in Armenia observed a minute of silence today in honor of the victims of last year's deadly conflict in Artsakh.
Friends and relatives of soldiers killed in the 2020 Artsakh war paid their respects today at Yerevan’s Yerablur Military Pantheon.
Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement today on the first anniversary of last year’s war in Artsakh and condemned Azerbaijan for trying to resolve the Karabakh issue via ethnic cleansing and the recruitment of “armed terrorists”.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today visited Yerevan’s Yerablur Military Pantheon and laid flowers at the tombs of the victims of the 2020 Artsakh war.
Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has again condemned Azerbaijan for committing war crimes in the 2020 Artaskh war and has called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy today visited Yerevan’s Yerablur Military Pantheon and paid her respects to those who lost their lives in last year’s conflict.
They stressed that such steps must be implemented to honor the sacrifice of those who died in the 2020 Artsakh war.
This 28-man battery remained at its designated position until October 27, 2020.