According to the information at Haraparak daily’s disposal, on December 29, two soldiers of Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army entered a minefield due to fog and received severe injuries.

NKR Defense Ministry has not yet spread information on the incident. However, in a conversation with the daily, Spokesman for Defense Ministry David Karapetyan confirmed the information. According to him, contract soldiers Mihran Arakelyan and Vahan Margaryan were injured.

At the moment, the soldiers are in the military hospital. According to some reports, the blast caused amputation. “The health state of the soldiers is esteemed as mid grave, the soldiers are recovering,” Karapetyan said.

The Head of Central Military Hospital Mikael Mikaelyan declined to comment on the incident.