We have suffered numerous casualties: Armenia’s PM

Armenia suffered numerous casualties, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, addressing the nation.

“I mourn for our brave martyrs who fell defending the Homeland, protecting our people’s right to live, safeguarding the Armenian identity, dignity and Armenia’s future,” the Prime Minister said.

"I bow to all our victims, martyrs, their families, their parents and especially their mothers, and I consider their loss my loss, my personal loss, the loss of my family," he said.

The PM stressed that the Artsakh Defense Army wages heavy fights suffering losses of manpower and equipment but controls the general situation, inflicting big losses to the enemy.

“But we all need to know that we are facing a difficult situation. This is not a statement of despair or desperation. I provide this information because I am committed to tell our people the truth, unlike Azerbaijan, which conceals the fact of thousands of victims from its own people and, according to our estimates, the loss of more than USD 1 billion in military equipment," the PM said.

He said it is necessary to state that the Turkish-Azerbaijani terrorist alliance will not stop its attack on Artsakh and Armenia.