No danger to life of Artsakh servicemen transferred to Yerevan – MOD official
“The Artsakh servicemen that were transfer to Yerevan today suffered moderate injuries as a result of Azerbaijani ceasefire violation and there is no imminent danger to their lives,” the head of Medical Service Department at the Ministry of Defense Kamavor Khachatryan told Panorama.am
In his words, the soldier who was moved to the Central Clinical Military Hospital had sustained multiple shrapnel wounds.
“He has a skull injury. After the examination, the doctors decided to proceed with conservative treatment and only after to perform a surgery upon necessity. It would depend on the volumes of hematoma,” Khachatryan said.
“The other serviceman was transferred to Malayan's Eye Center with symptoms of burning eyes. “At this point we are unable to assess his condition. Only after the treatment we will see what eyesight problems we had,” Karamyan added.
To remind, on June 16, at around 18:05, the Azerbaijani forces broke the ceasefire regime across Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact applying rocket-propelled antitank grenade launchers, as a result of which 3 Karabakh Defense Army servicemen – Arayik Matinyan (b. 1997), Vigen Petrosyan (b. 1997) and Vardan Sargsyan (b. 1997) were fatally wounded.
In the morning of June 17, at around 09:40, the Azerbaijani forces undertook a fresh provocation at the northern direction of the contact line, killing another Artsakh Army soldier identified as Narek Tigran Gasparyan (b. 1997).