ArmInfo. A new stronghold was established in the northeast direction of the border. Press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Shushan Stepanyan wrote about this on her Facebook page.
At the same time, she added that the place for the new stronghold was not chosen by chance. "Intelligence, engineering and other services conducted an appropriate inspection of the place and determined the feasibility of establishing a new position in this area. Several years ago it was here that the enemy carried out sabotage operations, as a result of which we suffered painful losses. The new position created new opportunities," Stepanyan said.
At the same time, the representative of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported that the new position is located in the highlands, has a dominant position for more effective combat.
"There are several positions of the enemy in our field of vision. Now our capabilities of observation and control have substantially increased. The possibilities of fire destruction have also increased. In practice, the enemy can no longer take serious actions, otherwise it will be very severely punished. That is why this stronghold in the military unit received the name "punitive", "summed up Stepanyan.