YEREVAN. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) soldier Gor Darmanyan, who was wounded on March 19 while defending against an Azerbaijani military infiltration attempt, has been relieved of compulsory military service. 

Director of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Central Clinical Military Hospital in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, Aram Asaturyan, told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Gor Darmanyan has been discharged from hospital, but he remains under medical supervision,” said Asaturyan. “In addition, he received rehabilitation treatment at Red Cross, and now, he is at home.”

He added that once the wounds on his leg fully recover, he will be fitted a prosthetic leg.  

To note, Gor Darmanyan’s leg was amputated.

An enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment had launched an attack, on March 19 at around 8:30am, on the NKR Defense Army positions stationed in a northerly (Gyulistan) direction. 

As a result of the skirmish that lasted about two hours, however, the Armenian military position holders and the relief forces compelled the adversary to flee. Subsequently, they pursued the said Azerbaijani military team and completely crushed them nearby their own military position.            

Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army servicemen Hakob Khachatryan (born in 1996), Eduard Hayrapetyan (born in 1995), and Arshak Harutyunyan (born in 1995) had died, and four others were wounded while confronting the adversary. One of these wounded soldiers, Samvel Hakobyan (born in 1995), had died in hospital on March 26.