Armenian News - NEWS.am presents the daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 04.06.21:

The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remains relatively unstable as Azerbaijan did not still pull out its troops from the Armenian state border.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani soldiers who have invaded the territory of Armenia have launched engineering works in the mountains between Vardenis and Verin Shorzha.

According to the head of Verin Shorzha village, Artyom Yeranosyan, they are operating technical equipment and building a road that will be connected to their military posts.

The operating technical equipment is already spotted on the Azerbaijani side and that the Azerbaijanis are already moving along the slope of the mountain with their automobiles.

Armenian human rights chief Arman Tatoyan said water resources at the border settlements of Gegharkunik Province have come under the Azerbaijani army control.

"Azerbaijani soldiers illegally stop the villagers at the pastures near the villages of Gegharkunik Province, demand to give explanations as to in what direction they are moving, for what purpose, and what they are transporting, try to carry out illegal searches of cars, threaten," he noted.

According to him, pastures, hayfields, lands of other importance cannot be used now as well.

Many bodies and remains of soldiers killed during the recent Nagorno-Karabakh [Artsakh] war are kept in the morgue in the Armenian city of Martuni.

According to pathologist-anatomist Artash Khachatryan, the DNA tests have been conducted for all the bodies, the samples have been taken, the expert examination is over.

“The bodies and remains are kept in refrigerant conditions,” he said.

“They are identified and transferred to the parents,” he added.

A few days ago, social media users disseminated blood-freezing photos taken at a branch of the Scientific-Practical Center of Forensic Medicine in Abovyan, showing the bodies and remains of martyred Armenian soldiers in bags and thrown on the floor. The Ministry of Health confirmed the authenticity of the photos, and acting Minister Anahit Avanesyan apologized, accepting the fact that the remains of the soldiers hadn’t been kept in proper conditions.

One Armenian has been injured in Moscow during a recent demonstration demanding the release of Armenian prisoners of war in front of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow.

There was a brawl between the protesters and Azerbaijanis.

"An Azerbaijani approached us and provoked, saying that we have to leave the premises and not demand anything," the injured protester Ashot Sargsyan noted.

According to him, there were not only Armenians but also Russians among the participants of the demonstration.

Sargsyan has already undergone surgery.

Lawyer Ruben Kirakosyan visited him and offered his services. Kirakosyan is currently his attorney. Sargsyan said he didn't know how the law-enforcement authorities have processed the case.

As of Friday morning, 72 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Armenia, and the total number of these cases has reached 223,050 in the country.

Also, four more deaths from COVID-19 were registered, making the respective total 4,452 cases.

The number of people who have recovered over the past one day is 246, the total respective number so far is 214,059.