ArmInfo.No cases of murder were recorded within the Armenian Armed Forces in 2025, as announced by Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan at a meeting of the NA committee on April 29, when presenting a report on the work over the past year.
According to her, 2,248 cases were recorded in military units in 2025 (2,093 in 2024). Of the registered cases, 1,027, or 45.7%, were accidents (762 in 2024), 1,221, or 54.3%, were crimes (1,331 in 2024), including 687, or 56.3%, were war crimes (715 in 2024), and 534, or 43.7%, were other crimes (616 in 2024).
In 2025, there were recorded cases of deaths of military personnel in circumstances related to service, including six conscripts, two recruits of the National Security Service border troops, and one police officer. In total, nine service-related deaths were recorded, compared to 27 in 2024.
Service-related deaths are distributed as follows: 4 cases of negligent suicide, 1 case of military official negligence, 1 case of death caused by failure to perform or improper performance of medical duties by a healthcare worker, 1 case of lightning strike, and 2 cases of illness. In 2025, the number of service-related deaths among military personnel decreased by 18, or 66.7% (27 in 2024).
Vardapetyan also reported that the total damage caused to the state as a result of criminal cases investigated in 2025 amounted to 411,728,063 drams (1,479,117,389 drams in 2024), of which 108,712,388 drams were returned during pre-trial proceedings (51,935,493 drams in 2024). According to the Prosecutor General, in 2025, 280 investigations conducted by the Department for the Protection of State Interests of the Central Military Prosecutor's Office and the military prosecutor's offices of the garrisons recorded damage to the state in the amount of 1 billion 432 million 493,000 drams (in 2024 - 5 billion 677 million 550,000 drams). "In 2025, damages to the state in the amount of 938 million 80,000 drams were compensated, of which 924 million 294,000 drams were reimbursed by the Department for the Protection of State Interests outside of court," the Prosecutor General stated, adding that 92 million 213,000 drams were reimbursed in 2025 from damages recorded as a result of investigations in 2024.
During 2025, military prosecutors initiated 24 cases in the field of protecting state interests (compared to 19 cases in 2024). The total amount of confiscation claims in these 24 cases is 4 billion 564 million 117,000 drams. Five cases have been fully satisfied, while the consideration of 19 is still pending. The total amount subject to confiscation under the five fully satisfied property claims is 11 million 466,000 drams.
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