The Zhoghovurd daily of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes as follows, in particular: The RA prosecutor's office activity report for 2025 reveals another layer of serious problems accumulated within the armed forces. Although some indicators have recorded a certain decrease, the overall picture remains extremely worrying.

In 2025, 2,248 incidents were recorded in the armed forces and military units, compared to 2,093 in the previous year. That is, incidents increased by 155 or 7.4 percent over the course of a year.

The most striking increase concerns accidents. If 762 accidents were recorded in 2024, then in 2025 that number reached 1,027. This means a sharp increase of 265 cases or 34.8 percent, a fact that is difficult to explain by chance.

Although the total number of crimes [in the Armenian army] has decreased somewhat, from 1,331 to 1,221, this does not give grounds to present the situation positively. Yes, serious and especially serious crimes have decreased, from 217 to 143, but at the same time the high criminal background remains, and in a number of areas the situation has even worsened.

Of particular concern is the decline in the level of detection [of crimes in the Armenian army]. Out of 1,221 crimes recorded in 2025, in 100 cases, the guilty parties were not identified. As a result, the detection rate has decreased from 93.6 percent to 91.8 percent.

The data on evasion of [military] service also speak of a disciplinary crisis [in the Armenian army][. Although cases of evasion of compulsory service have decreased, amounting to 1,164, cases of evasion of training have increased sharply, reaching 532, which is an increase of 75.6 percent.

The only relatively positive indicator is the decrease in deaths [in the Armenian military]. In 2025, 9 service-related deaths were recorded, while in 2024 this number was 27. However, even here the picture is far from reassuring: deaths due to causing suicide, official negligence, medical error, illness, and even lightning strikes were recorded.

During the year, 375 servicemen received injuries of varying degrees, 44 of which—serious.

The picture in the field of corruption is also contradictory. Although the number of investigated proceedings has slightly decreased, from 214 to 200, the damage recorded in them has almost fivefold, from 35.7 million drams to 175 million.

In total, 3,818 criminal proceedings have been completed. Of these, 943, involving 1,070 individuals, were sent to court, and 2,875 proceedings were terminated, a significant portion of which were on rehabilitative grounds.

The picture in the courts is also ambiguous. Although guilty verdicts were rendered in 708 cases, at the same time 49 individuals were acquitted in 43 cases, and this is an increase compared to the previous year.

The damage caused to the state amounted to 411.7 million drams, of which only about 108.7 million was recovered in the pretrial stage. And the damage recorded in the sphere of protection of state interests exceeded 1.43 billion drams.

The overall picture is grim: The decline in deaths and serious crimes cannot cover up the underlying reality. Accidents in the [Armenian] armed forces are sharply increasing, disciplinary violations are deepening, some types of crimes are expanding, and systemic problems remain unresolved. This is no longer just a statistic, but a serious alarm sounding within the security system.