We owe to the memory of our dear victims, our heroic sons who bravely fought unequally in defense of the homeland. And the name of that debt is a victory. I bow to mothers who gave birth to heroes. Your grief is immense, but believe me, my heart aches for our dead boys, as if I had lost my own children.

You are indescribably strong, fighters of my country. You manage not only to protect the borders of our state, but also to shoot videos during the rare moments of the ceasefire, giving confidence the population behind you and asking them not to worry.

Anyone who has been in Artsakh, anyone who has seen the nature of Artsakh, the people of Artsakh, heard their dialect, will understand that the three are inextricably intertwined. No one can separate them. They are incredibly old, incredibly vibrant and, incredibly monolithic. The land of Artsakh, the mountains of Artsakh will not tolerate foreigners. […]

Col Hrayr Achemyan, Head of the Central Clinical Military Hospital’s Neurosurgery Department

There is a large influx of people in the country who want to enlist in the military. Before the official mobilization was announced, many people had already gathered at the military commissariats, ready to go to the front line.

We are in the Central Military Recruiting Center, where, following the message of the Armenian prime minister, we see growing flow of young people who have expressed their readiness to go to the front and have been demobilized from compulsory military service during the last year.

On the morning of September 27, Azerbaijan launched an undeclared war against the Artsakh Republic, launching military operations almost along the entire line of contact between the two countries.