Aravot.am asked the opinion of military expert Karen Vrtanesyan whether the tension in the Contact line is associated with the events in Gyumri. He replied that he does not see such a connection. “It’s totally within the Azerbaijanis announced policy. This tensions has begun before the events in Gyumri, if we look at this year’s scale, we have had losses before January 12, and it was on with the same mode.”
However, Karen Vrtanesyan considers that Azerbaijani side may use extra pressure to further exacerbate the situation, but according to him, regardless of the events in Gyumri, Azerbaijani side continues its aggressive operations against Armenia. Note that according to DA operative data, on January 20 and the morning of January 21, the ceasefire regime in the Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces Contact line was violated by the enemy about 300 times. On January 20, the morning of January 21, close to 03:00 a.m., an attempt of subversive intelligence penetration was initiated by the enemy in the direction of Karvachar defense of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces Contact line. During the fight, soldier Nahapet Asatryan was killed and Hovhannes Gasparyan was wounded.
Ami CHICHAKYAN
