STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan signed a decree awarding posthumously servicemen of the NKR Defense Army's N division Artak Aghekyan and Hayk Baroyan.

They were awarded “For Service in Battle» medal for bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state borders, NKR president's press service reported.

The adversary made an infiltration attempt in the section controlled by one of the military units in north-eastern direction on Saturday afternoon.

The vanguard units of the Karabakh army noticed movement of the opponent and repelled them to the initial positions. The adversary suffered losses.

Artak Aghekyan (born in 1979) and Hayk Baroyan (1995) were killed.