RA Ministry of Defense informs:

“On the morning of 16 August, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces also provoked in the direction of Nakhichevan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, in the Yeraskh section.

In particular, at around 09:50, a serviceman of the N military unit of the RA Armed Forces, senior non-commissioned officer Vahan Dimiki Tatosyan, born in 1975, received a fatal gunshot wound from the enemy sniper.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia shares the grief of the loss; expresses support to the family members, relatives and colleagues of the deceased serviceman.

“As a result of the retaliatory actions taken by the Armenian side, the enemy suffered losses.”

It should be reminded that a little while ago the Ministry of Defense informed,

“”On the night of 16 August, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces provoked the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Syunik region, particularly in the section of the Black Lake, trying to secure a positional advance.

The Armenian positions carried out counter-actions, as a result of which the enemy was thrown back to the original positions. The enemy suffered at least one casualty during the shootout. There are no victims from the Armenian side.”