Armenian military releases video debunking Azerbaijani fake news on sabotage infiltration attempt

YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Ministry of Defense has released a video showing the moment when Azerbaijani troops approached a lost Armenian reservist to detain him, debunking Baku's false accusations of sabotage.

The reservist, identified by his initials G.V., went AWOL and got lost in the terrain before accidentally crossing into Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijan falsely accused Armenia of attempting what it described as a “sabotage infiltration attempt.” This was denied by the Armenian authorities.

“The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia presents video footage showing how a group of servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces approaches the reservist G. V., who appeared on the Azerbaijani side in yet unclarified circumstances, first, talks to, then apprehends him and takes by car to an unknown direction,” the Armenian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “This video footage refutes the falsehood of the MoD of Azerbaijan as if the group of the Armed Forces of Armenia attempted a sabotage infiltration in the eastern part of the frontier zone, whose "actions were stopped by shooting." All the circumstances of G.V. disorienting in the terrain and appearing on the Azerbaijani side are being investigated,” the ministry added.