Defense Ministry: Video showing Armenian servicemen being freed from siege authentic

Panorama, Armenia

Dec 16 2020

A video circulated on the web and showing a group of Armenian servicemen being freed from a siege in the area near His Tagher and Khtsaberd villages of Hadrut region is authentic, Armenia's defense ministry reported in a statement. 

"The operation was facilitated thanks to practical steps of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh and at the personal meditation of Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov," the ministry added. 

To note, the Artsakh Defense Army earlier reported that it had  lost contact with the personnel of several military positions deployed near Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd villages of Hadrut in yet unknown circumstances on Tuesday evening.