News - 2020/10/26

26/10/2020 23:59

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says civilians killed and wounded in Artsakh today, ceasefire failed

"I would like to state that the efforts of the international community, this time brokered by the United States, to establish a ceasefire, have failed. As a result of continuous shelling by Azerbaijan, civilians were killed and wounded in Artsakh today," Armenia's PM wrote on Twitter.

26/10/2020 23:41

Armenia's Ombudsman: Large number of videos and photos about war crimes, atrocities sent to Armenian social network pages and private users from Azerbaijani social media sources

These videos are edited and processed, which evidences that they have undergone professional preparatory work, and this work has an organized and coordinated nature.

26/10/2020 22:59

Two Azerbaijani UAVs shot down in Artsakh

This was reported by Vahram Poghosyan, spokesperson of Nagorno Karabakh’s President.

26/10/2020 22:47

Armenian UAVs have their role in military actions, but not widely used yet: MOD representative

“It is already enough. We have proofs how they were concretely used,” Hovhannisyan said.

26/10/2020 22:29

Situation in Stepanakert calm, bomb sounds heard from nearby territories

“Sometimes our air defense subdivisions are working, or artillery shelling is being heard from far. Fierce battles continue in Artsakh’s south-eastern direction,” the service reported.

26/10/2020 22:20

Azerbaijani forces took Kubatlu, approached Syunik's gates: MOD representative

​He said the works on detecting and eliminating sabotage groups in the villages north from Hadrut continue. Some sabotage groups left their cars and fled. Battles continue in few villages.

26/10/2020 20:41

Armenia’s PM’s spouse to head to frontline to defend homeland

“In a few days we will set off to defend the borders of our Homeland. We do not have either Homeland or dignity to concede the enemy,” she wrote on Facebook.

26/10/2020 19:39

Armenia’s PM says he warned Pompeo about possibility of violation of ceasefire

We do not know how the U.S. President will respond to the failure of the ceasefire but at midnight I had phone conversation with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, telling him directly that I predict what would happen tomorrow, Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan said live on Facebook.

26/10/2020 19:08

Armenian people ready for painful compromises but not for capitulation: Armenia’s PM

“Azerbaijan has always wanted more. The Armenian people are ready for mutual concessions. I think yes, the Armenian people are ready even for painful mutual concessions. But I think the Armenian people in no case are ready for capitulation,” Pashinyan said.

26/10/2020 19:00

Ceasefire failed again: Armenia’s PM

“I cannot say how the presidents of Minsk Group co-chairing countries will respond to it, but it is necessary to know that the Armenian side has done everything to adhere to ceasefire,” he said.

26/10/2020 18:52

Azerbaijan shells Martuni’s Martakert town, Askeran villages from grad and smerch installations

“Fire broke as a result in a house in Martuni. Firefighters are extinguishing the fire and implementing rescue works,” the statement said.

26/10/2020 18:47

Enemy uses barrel and rocket artillery, tanks on the contact line

She said the enemy uses barrel and rocket artillery, as well as tanks on the contact line.

26/10/2020 17:02

Armenia’s National Security Service border troops have new commander

The corresponding decree was signed by Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian.

26/10/2020 16:56

Commander of Armenia's NSS border troops sacked in Armenia

The decree was signed at the proposal of Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

26/10/2020 16:36

Fierce fights continue in south-east: MOD representative

Representative of Armenia’s Ministry of Defense Artrsun Hovhannisyan reports about it.

26/10/2020 16:31

Artsakh Air Defense shoots downs Israeli reconnaissance-combat IAI Harop drone

This was reported by Artsakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

26/10/2020 15:54

One civilian killed and 2 wounded in Avetaranots village as a result of Azerbaijani missile attacks: Artsakh Ombudsman

“During the day, a number of settlements were targeted, including the village of Avetaranots in the Askeran region, where an hour ago, from the fire of ''Smerch'' multiple rocket launcher, a civilian,

26/10/2020 15:15

Peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict has no alternative – Kremlin spokesperson

“We are attentively following the situation on the line of contact between the conflicting parties. We still believe that this solution cannot have any settlement except peaceful one,” Peskov said.

26/10/2020 15:09

Russian warplanes launches big attack on Turkish-backed militant camp in northern Syria

The Russian Aerospace Forces reportedly targeted the positions of a Turkish-backed militant group near a mountain range in the Salqin countryside.

26/10/2020 14:31

Upper Austrian company Rotax stops deliveries of engines for Turkish Bayraktars

Editor-in-chief of Austrian Der Standart Markus Sulzbacher took to Twitter to report that in response to his article, the Upper Austrian company Rotax, a subsidiary of the Bombardier Group.