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Baku fantasies: Azeris `shoot' Russian officer at contact line
May 14, 2013 - 17:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri media issued a report claiming that an
Azerbaijani sniper injured a Russian soldier named Bolotnikov at the
line of contact with Karabakh armed forces. The media were citing a
`military source,' which suggested that the incident occurred in Akna
(Aghdam) region.
The same source said that `the Russian officer has long been training
Armenian snipers in Karabakh and shot several Azeri servicemen
himself.' The source claims the officer `has been awarded by Armenian
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan.'
`In April, 8 Armenian soldiers were disarmed at contact line, with 4
of them reported killed. Also, 2 Armenian-owned vehicles were shot
down near the village of Aghdam,' haqqin.az said.
In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Artsakh defense
army spokesman Senor Hasratyan refuted the reports above, slamming
them as another Azeri misinformation. `At present, as well as during
Karabakh war, Armenian armed forces are quite capable of providing
Artsakh's safety without outside help,' he stressed.
Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan supported Mr
Hasratyan's statement, denying Azeri report of the officer Bolotnikov.
He further refuted the `information' on those killed and wounded at
contact line, stressing that if that was the case the incident would
have been made public. `Unlike Azerbaijan, we don't conceal the deaths
of soldiers,' he said.
From: A. Papazian
May 14, 2013 - 17:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri media issued a report claiming that an
Azerbaijani sniper injured a Russian soldier named Bolotnikov at the
line of contact with Karabakh armed forces. The media were citing a
`military source,' which suggested that the incident occurred in Akna
(Aghdam) region.
The same source said that `the Russian officer has long been training
Armenian snipers in Karabakh and shot several Azeri servicemen
himself.' The source claims the officer `has been awarded by Armenian
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan.'
`In April, 8 Armenian soldiers were disarmed at contact line, with 4
of them reported killed. Also, 2 Armenian-owned vehicles were shot
down near the village of Aghdam,' haqqin.az said.
In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Artsakh defense
army spokesman Senor Hasratyan refuted the reports above, slamming
them as another Azeri misinformation. `At present, as well as during
Karabakh war, Armenian armed forces are quite capable of providing
Artsakh's safety without outside help,' he stressed.
Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan supported Mr
Hasratyan's statement, denying Azeri report of the officer Bolotnikov.
He further refuted the `information' on those killed and wounded at
contact line, stressing that if that was the case the incident would
have been made public. `Unlike Azerbaijan, we don't conceal the deaths
of soldiers,' he said.
From: A. Papazian