ArmInfo.An Armenian officer was taken prisoner by Azerbaijan, having lost his way on the ground while bypassing combat posts.
So, as press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry Shushan Stepanyan, officer Gurgen Alaverdyan, reported on her Facebook page, he got lost due to unfavorable weather conditions while bypassing combat positions. to his page "On August 22 of this year, at 19:30, officer Gurgen Alaverdyan, who went to check the combat positions, got lost due to unfavorable weather conditions. Search work is underway. The message of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry about the sabotage is disinformation, according to which the lost person appears as a saboteur, "Stepanyan said.
Earlier, the Azerbaijani media, referring to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, reported on the capture of an Armenian officer. "At about 05:45 on August 23, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armenian armed forces attempted to commit a provocation in the direction of the Geranboy region of the front," Azerbaijani media reported, publishing a video of the captured Armenian officer.