Ministry of Defense: The incident involving the contract soldier occurred at the deceased`s place of residence and was not related to his service.

ArmInfo. The RA Ministry of Defense responded to media reports of another fatality among service members.

The Ministry of Defense's statement noted that no fatalities have been recorded in the army. "Regarding the disseminated information, we inform you that the incident occurred at the deceased's place of residence, namely, on a livestock farm. The deceased was not on duty at the time, the incident is not related to service, and cannot be classified as an incident occurring in the army. Such media publications have an extremely negative impact on the morale and psychological state of service members, therefore we demand that the media..." "refrained from targeted attacks and avoided actions that cause unnecessary tension among service members, their parents, and relatives," the statement reads.

As a reminder, according to ArmLur.am, a contract soldier from the Armenian Defense Ministry's Nth military unit was found hanged today. He was serving under the "Defender of the Fatherland" program. According to the publication, a relative found the soldier hanged at home; he was supposed to report to his military unit today on duty.

This is the third such incident in the army in the past three days, and the fifth in the past 10 days.