Exactly 29 years ago, on this day, the Azerbaijani forces launched an offensive battle all along the Chartar-Machkalashen-Karmir Shuka defense line. Senor Hasratyan, former spokesperson of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Defense Army, on Monday wrote this on Facebook.

"(…) the adversary aimed to break through the defense of the Varanda Valley, then—by developing the advance—to reach the [Artsakh] republic’s capital [Stepanakert] via the Karmir Shuka-Sarushen-Shosh-Stepanakert route, and cut the south of Artsakh from the north. [But] as a result of the heated battles fought, the enemy was pushed back on the same day, at around 16:00...

28 years after that operation, the adversary again launched offensive battles in the same direction, and Karmir Shuka [line] still remained unassailable...

Glory to all those who, at the cost of their lives and courage, managed to keep this line of strategic importance for Artsakh unassailable—both yesterday and today," Hasratyan added, in particular.