Defense Minister of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) Colonel General Levon Mnatsakanyan toured number of military units in the southeastern direction of the Artsakh Defense Army and handed presidential awards to servicemen who had neutralized the Azerbaijani infiltration attempt on February 25.
Commending the awardees for the excellent service and congratulating on the honor received from the Commander-in-Chief, the Army commander called for keeping vigilance high and staying ready to prevent the adversary’s provocations.
To remind, on the night of 25 February, at around 03:00 and 04:00, the Azerbaijani forces made attack attempts at the southeastern (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) directions of the Line of Contact between the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) and Azerbaijan by using respective demining equipment and special measures.
As the NKR Defense Ministry reports in a released statement, the NKR frontline units timely detected the advancement of the Azerbaijani forces in both directions due to video devices and repelled them to their positions causing losses. Due to the countermeasures taken by the Armenian forces, the adversary suffered casualties and has wounded. Several bodies were left in the neutral zone.