Armen Hovhannisyan posthumously awarded medal ‘For Courage’
On Jan. 20, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to award posthumously medal ‘For Courage’ to NKR Defense Army’s N division's junior sergeant Armen Hovhannisyan for bravery shown while defending the NKR state border.
Last night, from around 11:50 pm to 00:15 am, Azeri units tried to infiltrate Armenian positions in northeastern (Jraberd) and southeastern (Korgan) sections of the contact line of Karabakh and Azeri troops. The frontline units of the NKR Defense Army fought back the incursion in both directions and threw back the enemy, causing considerable material and human losses. Junior sergeant A. Hovhannisyan was killed by Azeri fire while performing his military duty at the northeastern military position.