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The ministry’s statement says: “In the evening of July 19, starting from 18:40, the Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the Armenian positions located in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border for several hours with the use of various caliber firearms. Mortars were also used regularly. As of 23:00, the situati...

Azerbaijani forces, once again, opened fire on Armenian positions in Yeraskh, two days after 38-year-old Armenian soldier Samvel Alaverdyan was killed by Azerbaijani forces there. Armenia’s Defense Ministry reported Friday that the Azerbaijani forces began shooting at Armenian positions in Yeraskh at 11 a.m. local time, adding that Armenia’s Armed Forces took the necessary counteroffensive measures. Yeraskh, which is located near the Armenia-Azerbaijan border in the Ararat Province, borders...

Armenian Armed Forces solder Samvel Alaverdyan was killed Wednesday when Azerbaijani forces opened fire at Armenian positions, Armenia’s Defense Ministry announced. The incident took place in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border at around 10:30 a.m. local time when, according to the Armenian defense ministry, Azerbaijani armed forces attempted to engage in fortification works with the use of engineering equipment aimed at advancing their military positions. Since May 12, som...

YEREVAN, MAY 26, ARMENPRESS. 27 new passenger wagons will be imported to Armenia by July to replenish the railway system, with another three new electric trains expected to be brought during the year, the caretaker Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan said during a visit to Shirak province. The trains will supplement the active train fleet of the Yerevan-Gyumri route. The updated fleet will be used to launch railway transport spanning across the entire rail s...

Two of the crew members were killed while a third was injured in the crash. Heres What You Need To Remember: Some fifty air forces and air arms have operated different variants of the infamous aircraft that earned the nickname “flying tank.” The Mi-24 was first used in combat during the Ogaden War (1977-78) when it was flown by Ethiopian forces against Somalia and was operated extensively during the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) when it was used to bomb Mujahedeen fighters. It was reporte...

Accidents happen, especially amidst the fog of war. 

Chiefs of Armenian and Azerbaijani security services discuss exchange of POWs | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency 16:04, 9 January, 2021 YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Armen Abazyan had a working meeting with Director of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan Ali Nagiyev in the neutral border zone adjacent to Yeraskh community of Armenia’s Ararat province, the Armenian National Security Service told Armenpress. During the meeting issues r...

A Russian Gunship Was Shot Down Over Armenia. What Happened? The aircraft was approximately 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the border of Nagorno-Karabakh when it downed “in a gorge” near Yeraskh. Heres What You Need To Remember: The Hind has a long operational service history - notably in Afghanistan, where it was used extensively against mujahideen insurgents during the Soviet-Afghan War. It was reported recentlyly that a missile downed a Russian Mi-24 Hind military helicopter over Armeni...