Armenian commander is judged for retreat in Khojavend and disclosure of official secrets

In the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, evidence of the guilt of the chief of staff of the 2nd tank battalion of the N-na military unit of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Colonel-Lieutenant Arsen Gazaryan, who received an order to defend the village of Chilaggala of the Khojavevent district.

According to the Armenian media reports, “in December 2020, he did not comply with the direct authorities to go to circular defense. Gazarian ordered his subordinates to retreat and left the battlefield unauthorizedly, as a result of which the position to protect the village of Chalaggal and the village itself crossed under Azerbaijan control “.

In addition, it turned out that before leaving for the military service, Gazarian received from a military unit a work card containing a secret secret under the head of the “secret” with an image of the area of ​​the village of Chailaggal and an electronic medium, which also had an at its disposal of the Azerbaijani army. It had a staffing table with personal data members of the battalion.

The preliminary investigation is completed. Gazaryan charges on the articles “Failure to fulfill the order of the chief during the war, resulting in significant harm”, “The negligent attitude of the official during the war, which caused significant harm” and “unauthorized abandonment of the service and refusal to fight.”

Recall, about two weeks after the signing on November 10 of the Trilateral Agreement, at the end of November, a group of Armenian troops was sent to the territory near the villages of Kokhn Tagar and Chalaggal Khojavend, where defensive positions were created.

The Azerbaijani Army cleaned these villages from the Armenian sabotage group and detained more than 60 Armenian troops. A criminal case was instituted against them. Last summer, trials took place in Baku, some of these Armenian military personnel were sentenced to imprisonment, others were returned to Armenia.