12/07/2014 15:15
NKR president awards medal to soldier killed yesterday
President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan has signed a decree awarding posthumously ‘For Service in Battle Medal’ to Private Movses Gasparyan, machinegunner of a military unit of the NKR Defense Army, for bravery during the defense of the state border of the NKR.
Movses Gasparyan, 20, was shot dead on a frontline position around 3:00 pm on July 11. The incident occurred in a military unit located in the southeastern direction of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.