It has been a few days since a video circulating on the Internet, which most likely was carried out on the first day of the four-day war on April 2 at night. The video shows how the enemy’s troops are advancing the NKR borders. The Armenian soldiers are constantly reporting by a wire connection that the enemy is advancing and asking for a permission to open fire but the answer is, wait. Swearing words are heard by the soldiers keeping the positions of NKR as to why they do not let them open fire as the enemy is advancing more and more. Neither the RA Defense Ministry nor the NKR Defense Army officials comment on the video. RA Deputy Defense Minister, former Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of RA Defense Ministry, Head of the Defense Ministry Logistics Department, Movses Hakobyan, in an interview with “Zhoghovurd” (The People), responded as follows: “Do you think I should answer this question?”
NKR Defense Army spokesperson Senor Hasratyan, as yesterday and today, did not have time to watch the video. With regard to the questions about the video, he advises applying to the one who has spread it out. The video was spread out by the member of “Sand up, Armenia” civic initiative Andrias Ghukasyan. In an interview with Aravot.am, Mr. Ghukasyan said that the video was provided to the mass media on June 6. “Radio Hay” had prepared a report and was broadcast and then the video was spread out on the Internet and social networks.
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He explains that after the video a civil initiative was formed that had sent a request-letter to the UN Secretary-General on this matter with the consideration that the video is an important proof which confirms that Azerbaijan launched the attack on the night of April 2. Why the RA and NKR defense ministry officials do not comment on it, why the defense ministry does not confirm the authenticity of the video, Andrias Ghukasyan has no explanation.
But he says that there is a problem in conducting an international investigation of the April incidents and this video contains evidence-based elements. In any case, he sees a wrong course in the existing interpretations of the video. He says that the video shows that the Armenian soldiers are shooting. At the distance of 200-300 meters, without corresponding night devices, it was impossible to do more, they should have waited until the distance is closer.
War veteran Suren Sargsyan does not understand the RA and NKR defense ministries’ evading commenting. “Maybe they have their reasons to avoid,” he said but does not want to refer to the video, “In some play, it is incomplete and seems to be incomplete deliberately. I had such an impression.” But he shares the opinion that in the April war days, our soldiers were killed as a result of poor management of “blockhead generals”, poor organization and also army looting.
Nelly GRIGORYAN
