Category: 2020

Battles continue in Shushi, Artsakh – Armenia MOD representative

Chakhmakhchian Vatche

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 13:35, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The battles continues in Artsakh’s cultural city Shushi, Armenian defense ministry’s representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.

“The battles continue in Shushi. Wait and believe in our troops”, he said.

Artsakh’s Defense Ministry reported today that overnight November 7-8 the battles with variable intensity continued in all directions of the Artsakh frontline. Heavy operations took place near Shushi and in the south-eastern part from the city. The Defense Army units inflicted targeted blows on the Azerbaijani forces, repelling multiple attempts to advance. During the battles in different directions a large amount of the adversary’s manpower has been eliminated, 4 tanks, 20 other armored equipment, 11 vehicles and 2 UAVs of the Azerbaijani side have been destroyed. In line with the combat operations the adversary has also targeted Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert and Shushi with rocket-artillery systems. Civilian infrastructure have been damaged. At dawn, accumulations of the Azerbaijani equipment and manpower were observed in the south-eastern and north-eastern directions of the frontline. The Defense Army units control the operative-combat situation and take countermeasures.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenia Prosecutor General’s Office ready to ensure contacts for embassies with arrested terrorists

David Nargizian

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 13:39, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The Office of the Prosecutor General of Armenia is applying to foreign embassies, international organizations specialized in fight against international terrorism operating in Armenia, expressing readiness to ensure contacts with the arrested two citizens of Syria who have been charged with international terrorism, based on a respective application.

“The Office of the Prosecutor General has already informed that two citizens of Syria with Arab origins Mihirab Muhammad Al Shayir and Yusuf Alaabet al-Hajji have been detained on the sidelines of the criminal cases filed on launching an aggressive war by Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia, using banned methods on waging war, and causing human and property losses with coordinated and deliberate means.

Mihirab Muhammad Al Shayir has been detained by the Defense Army of Artsakh on October 29, 2020, and Yusuf Alaabet al-Hajji on November 1, amid the ongoing military operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh. They have been charged with international terrorism, gross violations of international humanitarian law norm during armed conflicts (murder, attacking civilians, indiscriminate attacks), and participation in a military conflict as a mercenary.

According to the data received, these people have been transported from Syria to Azerbaijan by Turkey in September-October 2020 and have been directly engaged in the ongoing Azerbaijani military crimes against Artsakh.

On the sidelines of the cooperation in fighting international terrorism, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Armenia applies to foreign diplomatic representations, international concerned organizations specialized in the fight against international terrorism, stating that in case of wishing to be convinced in the presence of the aforementioned facts, we are ready to ensure contacts based on a respective application with these arrested persons and provide other necessary information about the aforementioned”.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Artsakh universities hold classes online

Hambardsumian Paul

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 14:07, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The universities in Artsakh are holding classes online during the ongoing war unleashed by Azerbaijan.

The state university of Artsakh will resume the classes on November 10, Artsakh’s minister of education, science and culture Lusine Gharakhanyan said at a press conference in Armenpress.

“The higher educational institutions in Artsakh have started their work. The Artsakh state university will start the classes on November 10, whereas the technology university and the Mesrop Mashtots university in Shushi have already started the online classes. The teaching staff is from Artsakh”, the minister said.

She said they will soon solve the study organization issue in vocational schools and colleges.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Artsakh forces shoot down another Bayraktar combat drone

Chmshkian Vicken

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 14:37, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. At around 13:40 the Air Defense units of the Defense Army of Artsakh shot down another Bayraktar TB2 combat drone of the Azerbaijani side in the south-eastern direction, the Armenian Unified Info Center reports.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 

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Diaspora’s philanthropists express readiness to restore dome of Shushi’s Ghazanchetsots Cathedral

Yeghisabet Arthur

Diaspora’s philanthropists express readiness to restore dome of Shushi’s Ghazanchetsots Cathedral

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 14:41, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh’s ministry of education, science and culture has received many phone calls from the philanthropists of the Diaspora who expressed their readiness to restore the dome of the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi and other cultural centers damaged from the Azerbaijani attacks, Minister of education, science and culture Lusine Gharakhanyan said at a press conference in Armenpress.

“Cultural homes have been destroyed in Artsakh. Shushi’s cultural center suffered the heaviest destruction. I have received many calls from our Diaspora partners, philanthropists who expressed their readiness to restore the cultural enters, as well as the dome of the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi. And this gives hope. We will do that, I have no doubt”, she said.

The Artsakh minister assured that all planned programs will be implemented. They had plans to open an engineering technological park in Togh village of Hadrut.

On October 8 Azerbaijan carried out two strikes on the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, causing damage to the complex.

 

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Azerbaijani armed forces retreat in Martuni direction: WarGonzo

Aram Torosian

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 14:46, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The Russian WarGonzo reports that the Azerbaijani armed forces are retreating in the direction of Artsakh’s town of Martuni.

The Telegram channel of WarGonzo informs that the Defense Army of Artsakh managed to shot down a warplane of the Azerbaijani side not far from the town of Martuni.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Azerbaijani military death toll reaches 7630

Torgomian Varazdat

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 15:29, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The death toll in the Azerbaijani military as a result of the large-scale aggression launched against Artsakh since September 27 has reached 7630, the Armenian Unified Info Center reports.

As for the military equipment, the losses of the Azerbaijani side include 264 UAVs, 16 helicopters, 25 warplanes, 784 armored equipment and 6 TOS launchers.

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Artsakh neutralizes Azerbaijani subversive groups in Berdzor direction

Emil Lazarian

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 14:58, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh Defense Army unit and a group of reservists and militias of Kashatagh region started counterattacks today in the direction of Berdzor in three wings, Head of Berdzor department of the Artsakh union of volunteers Harutyun Avanesyan said on Facebook, stating that the Azerbaijani side suffered huge losses in manpower and military equipment.

“The adversary’s subversive groups are being detected and eliminated one by one. Wait for victorious news”, Avanesyan said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenia PM submits proposal to President to dismiss acting NSS Director

Jalatian Sonya

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 16:00, 8 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has submitted a proposal to President Armen Sarkissian on dismissing acting Director of the National Security Service, Colonel Mikayel Hambardzumyan, Assistant to the President of Armenia Hasmik Petrosyan told Armenpress.

Colonel Mikayel Hambardzumyan has been appointed deputy director of the NSS on August 11, 2020 according to the presidential decree, but according to another decree he was appointed acting director of the NSS on October 8, 2020.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

CivilNet: President of Karabakh Speaks About the Hard Decisions He Had to Agree to

Emil Lazarian
CIVILNET.AM

November 10, 2020 11:19

The President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan delivered a speech following the late night statement about tripartite agreement of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia regarding the ceasefire agreement in the Nagorno Karabakh region. Below are key points from the speech.

“On November 8, walking in Stepanakert square in the morning, I noted that it was one of the most difficult nights of my life and one of the most difficult dawns. Why did I state this? Because on November 7, we completely lost control over the city of Shushi.

Today, I want to say that I probably had the most difficult night of my life, when I had very difficult days in 1992-94, losing many relatives, relatives who uttered their last words in my arms, but I managed to find the strength, I managed to concentrate on making decisions. I don’t know what assessment history will make regarding the decision that was made yesterday, but we had to make it.

First, in terms of the situation on the front. As a result of 43 days of the fighting, we lost the Fizuli district, Jabrayil district, Kubatlu, Zangelan districts, most areas of the Hadrut district, some parts of the Martuni and Askeran districts, and most importantly, Shushi.

The fighting took place at a distance of 2-3 km from Stepanakert. If the fighting continued at that pace, we would lose Artsakh within days, would have had many more victims because the fighting, moving from the frontline to the backbone in some sense, would have irreversible consequences on the frontlines, especially for our conscripts heroically fighting for these 43 days.

We suffered very heavy human losses yesterday, during the last few hours in the Martuni district, due to the drone attacks of the adversary that we weren’t able to halt. As to why we weren’t able to, we will all answer. Yes, everyone. Since we knew that our defense army needed this, this problem exists. Everyone who has held positions in recent decades.

Certainly we didn’t fight against Azerbaijan, and definitely not only the Turkish officers or military equipment was on the battlefield during the hostilities. The participation of Turkish soldiers, terrorists, mercenaries from different countries were too.

 I bow first to our soldiers, the most heroic guys in the world were our conscripts. I bow to the families and relatives of all the victims. We had to save the lives of those same conscripts.