Colonel Senor Hasratyan – chief of the information and PR department of Artsakh’s Defense Army commented on the border situation and the latest military exercises of Azerbaijan in an interview with “Artsakhpress”.
The interview is fully presented below:
-Mr Hasratyan, please briefly comment on the tactical situation in the contact line?
-The situation is under full control of the Defense Army units. The situation is calm as compared to the developments of last year’s escalations in April. Of course there are ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan, but not in the previous intensity. Various caliber firearms are mainly used, while in some cases mortars. If necessary, the Defense Army takes preventive measure for suppressing the adversary’s aggression.
-Judging by the Azerbaijani media reports, it seems that they very often hold various level military exercises, including jointly with the Turkish military, during which armaments of their arsenal like the TOS rocket launcher are used. How would you comment on this?
-Military exercises are one of the important components of strategic-professional training of the Armed Forces, and every army must use them. It’s another issue in terms of to what exte...
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