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On March 21, contact with two servicemen of Armenia's Armed Forces was lost when they were moving from one combat post to another amid a heavy snowstorm in Jermuk. As the Ministry of Defense reported, the servicemen were identified as Karen Shakhnazaryan and Aghasi Hovhannisyan. On the same day, large-scale search and rescue operations were launched to find the missing soldiers. 

On March 22, the location of the servicemen was established, and necessary measures were taken to evacuate them. During the rescue operation carried out amid severe weather conditions, K  Shakhnazaryan was transferred to a military hospital with severe health condition. Regretfully, the life of the other soldier,A Hovhannisyan, was not possible to save. 

The  Defense Ministry shares the grief of the heavy loss and expresses its support to Hovhannisyan's family, relatives and fellow servicemen.The military police has launched investigation to find out the circumstances of the tragic incident.