ArmInfo. Exactly 12 years ago, on November 12, 2014, at approximately 1:45 PM, an Armenian Air Force Mi-24 helicopter, conducting a training flight east of the contact line, was treacherously shot down by Azerbaijani armed forces. Three helicopter crew members—commander Major Sergey Sahakyan, Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan, and Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan—died instantly.

Arminfo.  A stone mosaic depicting military commander Andranik Ozanyan (Zoravar Andranik) was dismantled from the wall of Secondary School No. 1 in the village of Arteni, Aragatsotn Province.

ArmInfo. The story "Saved Melody" by Artsakh writer and journalist Ashot Beglaryan, based on real events from the 2016 Four-Day War in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has been included in the Russian language textbook for 11th-grade students in Armenia's high schools.

ArmInfo. At the initiative of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, Anahit Manasyan, and in cooperation with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Management (DCAF), an expanded meeting of the Human Rights Defender's (HRD) Expert Council on the Protection of the Rights of Military Personnel was held. The meeting was dedicated to preventing non-combat deaths during military service.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Ministry of Defense reported the death of another soldier in the country's armed forces.

ArmInfo. Anastas Israelyan, Chairman of the "Resurgent Artsakh" public organization, launched a sit-in in front of the National Assembly of Armenia, demanding a resolution to the problems of Artsakh refugees.

ArmInfo. On October 8, the Armenian government approved a bill amending the Law "On Military Service and the Status of Servicemen," which raises the maximum draft age to 32 for certain categories of citizens.

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities are attempting to equate the crime committed by an Azerbaijani serviceman in the village of Shaki to a common criminal offense. This was stated by Irina Yolyan, a member of parliament from the Strong Armenia faction, at a briefing with journalists on October 8.

ArmInfo. Members of the Armenian Parliament from the "Strong Armenia" faction, led by faction leader Narek Karapetyan, met with the parents of missing servicemen. During the meeting, one of the parents presented the main issues that concern them.

ArmInfo. The Armenia faction welcomes the initiative of the Strong Armenia faction to create an investigative commission in the National Assembly to look into the increasing number of suicides and deaths of servicemen in the Armenian Armed Forces (AF), as well as the recent incident involving an Azerbaijani serviceman entering the village of Shaki. Artur Khachatryan, a member of the National Assembly from the opposition Armenia faction, stated this in a conversation with journalists in the Armenian parliament on October 6.

ArmInfo. It is necessary to understand under what circumstances a serviceman of the Azerbaijani armed forces ended up on the territory of Armenia. This was stated by the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Ruben Rubinyan, at a briefing on October 6, commenting on the incident in the village of Shaki.

ArmInfo. The Armenian army has still not recovered from the psychological pressure it found itself in after the 44-day war around Artsakh in the fall of 2020. Legendary Artsakh intelligence officer, holder of the Second Degree Combat Cross, and head of the Strong Armenia security team, Artur Avanesyan (Kandaz), stated this in a conversation with journalists on September 30.

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a telegram of condolences to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in connection with the loss of life in a tragic incident that occurred during naval exercises.

ArmInfo. Another tragic, fatal incident has occurred in the Armenian Armed Forces.

ArmInfo.  Three years have passed Since the September aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia, four years have passed. The Armenian authorities organized various celebrations on the day that claimed the lives of 224 sons of the Armenian people.

Arminfo.  People like former Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan and those similar to him made Armenia’s security and territorial integrity a subject of bargaining. Former Armenian parliament member Tigran Abrahamyan made this comment on Grigoryan’s reflections on the 2016 four-day war in one of his interviews.

ArmInfo. The Initiative of Armenia’s Reservist Servicemen criticized the nature of the unexpected inspections of military units initiated by Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, calling them formal.

ArmInfo. Lieutenant General Norat Ter-Grigoryants, who stood at the origins of the formation of the Armenian Armed Forces, renounced Armenian citizenship. The high-ranking officer himself reported this in an interview with the Iravunk newspaper.

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor's Office has opened a public criminal case against the former commander of the RA police units in connection with the events of March 1, 2008. This was stated in a statement by the supervisory authority.

ArmInfo.  The Investigative Committee of Armenia has completed the preliminary investigation of the criminal case on abuse of office by former RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan during the apartment distribution process.