I’ve heard many stories about service in the army and I know – life on the border is not so peaceful. I know that soldiers start their day on the border with prayer and end it also with it. I know that pressed to their breasts weapons at any time can fire. I haven’t served yet but I’m already mentally ready for it.

We, Council of “Midia-Shangal” national NGO, its members and living in Armenia Yezids, express our condolences to relatives of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the heroic battles of the last days with Azeri subversive groups and bow to their graves. Thank God, our army successfully completed the tasks put before, and our glorious soldiers showed examples of devotion and loyalty, courage and bravery!

On August 6, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with representatives of the republican mass media in the administrative building of the RA MoD. Below are excerpts from his speech.

These days, when the enemy made several attempts to subversive activities and was severely punished, our nation – from Armenia and Diaspora – with their encouraging words stood as solid wall for the support of Armenian officers and soldiers. With this they showed – the army and the people are united. The best proof of this was unprecedented number of the visits to our Facebook page: 145 thousand visits, 856 comments.

Servicemen of the regiment under the command of Lt. Colonel S.Ghukasyan are very serious about their service. They are deeply aware that they are required not to relax, be careful and not to exclude the possibility of sabotage.
In recent days, due to engineering works in the strongholds the number of soldiers increased. Soldiers of engineering sapper company, after performing their daily tasks, are also involved in the alert.

Response of psychologist, reserve officer Tigran Khazaryan to the article “We’ll win with minimal losses” (“Hay Zinvor”, no. 28), which provides a conversation with chief of RA AF GS operative department Major General Artak Davtyan.

Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian propaganda does not stop. Our people stand proudly and confidently, with dignity. We have always been patient, but at the same time, vigilant. Many are hoping for the mind of the Azerbaijani people, whith whom there were many cases of living side by side, sharing a meal… That was yesterday, let’s remember immortal Tumanyan and his poem “Ahmad”… This is so even today…