The war in Artsakh has come to an end, and that end was bitter.
In fact, the end was far more bitter then what anyone had expected as Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan described exactly how the situation was before Armenia accepted an agreement with Russia and Azerbaijan to abandoned most of the areas they control to Azerbaijani authorities and joint Russian peacekeepers.
In a live speech made earlier today, Harutyunyan said that the city of Shushi was lost on November 7.
“I do not know how history will evaluate the decision we made yesterday, but we were obliged to,” he said. “Had the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost the whole of Artsakh in a matter of days.”
“We had great human losses yesterday in the Martuni region, during the last hours. The army was exhausted with COVID-19,” the president explained.
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