Jermuk
The screen is divided into as many rectangles as there are surveillance cameras, aimed at sections of snow-capped mountains.
“
The Azeri positions
”, explains the lieutenant-colonel, who wishes to remain anonymous.
"
If they move, we spot them immediately
," continues the Armenian soldier.
The army quarters in Jermuk occupy an old Soviet era building like so many others in Armenia.
On September 13 and 14, in the nearby mountain, the Armenian soldiers came under attack from "
Azerbaijani elite forces
", reports the lieutenant-colonel.
For two days, their positions were bombarded and then surrounded.
We had to step back.
Result: 62 soldiers killed, not counting the wounded.
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Since these deadly battles, the front has not evolved.
"
It shoots a few times, but nothing coordinated
," says the officer.
In Jermuk, the Azerbaijani armed forces advanced 7 kilometers inside the Armenian borders.
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