YEREVAN. – In recent days, videos of unknown origin on captured soldiers and civilians have become quite widespread on the Internet; but according to the data received, in many cases they have nothing to do with the recent hostilities in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). The Republic of Armenia National Security Service (RA NSS) has issued a statement in this regard.

"The dissemination of this footage shot—often, also, deliberately edited—in various foreign countries creates panic among the Armenian society for obvious reasons, negatively affecting the public mood.

Taking into account the existence of such phenomena, the RA National Security Service urges to refrain from disseminating such videos on the Internet, and to be exclusively guided—in this arena, too—by the information provided by official information sources," the NSS statement also reads.

On November 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on a complete cessation of hostilities—which Azerbaijan had launched on September 27—in and around Artsakh.