A look at the modular block-town (BMG) set up to house up to 250 Russian peacekeepers in Stepanakert that includes a Christmas tree. This is leaps and bounds better than the barracks Russian soldiers lived in 10 years ago. 2816/
tvzvezda.ru
tvzvezda.ru
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The Azerbaijani MoD has updated its list with the names of 2,802 servicemen who were killed during the war. 2819/
mod.gov.az
mod.gov.az
More photos of that destroyed Armenian Elbrus/Scud-B tactical ballistic missile launcher. 2821/
disqus.com
disqus.com
Photo of an Azerbaijani soldier with a 2A36 Giatsint-B 152mm artillery piece. 2822/
disqus.com
disqus.com
Photos of an Azerbaijani Marauder MRAP, Plasan SandCars, and a soldier with an OSV-96 anti-materiel rifle. 2823/
disqus.com
disqus.com
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Sputnik's Armenia service is saying that, according to unofficial data, the total number of dead or missing Armenian soldiers is more than 3,300. 2828/
ru.armeniasputnik.am
ru.armeniasputnik.am
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As a number of people have mentioned, the photo at the end of the video doesn't appear to be an Azerbaijani UAV. 2835/
Warning: graphic footage. Video showing Spike NLOS ATGM strikes on an Armenian BM-21 Grad MLRS, 2 T-72 tanks, a D-30 howitzer, and a soldier. The video's description says that they were launched by Azerbaijani helicopters, presumably Mi-17. 2836/
youtube.com
youtube.com
Azerbaijan acknowledged that one of its Su-25 aircraft was shot down by Armenian air defenses on October 4 in over Jabrayil, killing its pilot, Colonel Zaur Nudiraliyev. The article says he previously struck targets in the Agdere and Fizuli regions. 2839/
azertag.az
azertag.az
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The Azerbaijani MoD confirmed that one Azerbaijani soldier was killed yesterday in a firefight with Armenian soldiers. They claim that the 6 Armenian soldiers were killed. 2842/
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Russian peacekeepers have begun routine live-fire training at training areas outside of Stepanakert and Martakert. 2845/
tvzvezda.ru
tvzvezda.ru
Looks like the same loitering munition from the video the Armenian MoD released during the war. 2847/
So Armenia has some Russian Zala Aero UAVs. There are some rumors circulating that they are also negotiating for Orlan-10 (the Armenian MoD posted a video from the end of the conflict that appeared to be from an Orlan-10 UAV). 2849/
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Russian Uran-6 mine-clearing UGVs in operation around Stepanakert. Russia says that its sappers have identified and cleared more than 16k explosive devices in Karabakh. 2858/
tvzvezda.ru
tvzvezda.ru
So I think we can now definitively say that my early belief that Armenia kept its Tor-M2KM SHORAD systems far from the FLOT during this conflict was not accurate. There were clearly a number of them near the front before mid-October. 2859/
One of the lessons about warfare is that the piecemeal use of assets like tanks, artillery, or air defense makes them less effective. Air defense systems are most effective used as a unit with C2 and support, not individual vehicles by themselves. 2864/
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Armenia's death total from the war is now 3,360. 2867/
kavkaz-uzel.eu
kavkaz-uzel.eu
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Screenshots of that Azerbaijani Harop loitering munition striking an Armenian S-300 TEL. 2871/
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Video of a new Russian peacekeeper modular living facility set up in Karabakh. 2877/
tvzvezda.ru
tvzvezda.ru
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The Azerbaijani MoD announced that 2,841 servicemen were killed during the conflict and were buried and another 64 remain missing. A total of 2,905. 2879/
mod.gov.az
mod.gov.az
One of the interesting things about the TB2 UCAV is how it was put together largely with commercially available parts, and not components specifically designed for it. It seems many of these companies aren't aware their components are being used. 2880/
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Video of those damaged Azerbaijani Marauder and Matador MRAPs, as well as KamAZ trucks and other equipment. (h/t @Danspiun) 2889/
instagram.com
instagram.com
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Not sure if I’ve see this specific footage before of one of Azerbaijan’s unmanned An-2 aircraft being shot down during the conflict. 2896/
vm.tiktok.com
vm.tiktok.com
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Video of Russian peacekeepers conducting a drill at one of their observation posts in Karabakh. 2902/
youtube.com
youtube.com
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According to a US official, "It did appear that there was some movement of some of the Syrian mercenary forces in the direction of the conflict in [Nagorno Karabakh]. Smaller numbers, in the lower hundreds," 2906/
cnn.com
cnn.com
And transported by a Russian An-124-100 transport aircraft. 2907/
Armenia's Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan told reporters that Armenia's death total from the conflict is at least 3,450. 2909/
militarynews.ru
militarynews.ru
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Rokestan has reportedly increased the range for new TB2 UCAV MAM-L munitions from 8 to 15km with laser guidance. 2919/
m5dergi.com
m5dergi.com
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Video of Russian officers with Orlan-10 UAVs going through training before deploying as part of the joint Russo-Turkish peacekeeping monitoring center in Azerbaijan. 2922/
youtube.com
youtube.com
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If you can read Russian, Lost Armour has a long report on the conflict in Karabakh with a bunch of geolocations. 2937/
lostarmour.info
lostarmour.info
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Video of the joint Russian-Turkish ceasefire monitoring center in Azerbaijan. 2955/
tvzvezda.ru
tvzvezda.ru
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A Russian Naval Aviation aircraft was used to conduct a prisoner swap yesterday between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 2961/
youtube.com
youtube.com
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"Armenia would welcome the expansion of a Russian military base on its territory and the redeployment of some Russian forces closer to its border with Azerbaijan after a conflict with its neighbor last year, its defence minister said on Monday." 2983/
reuters.com
reuters.com
This is going to anger some people in Moscow. Nikol Pashinyan confirms that Armenia employed Iskander missile systems during the conflict but said that they either didn't explode or only at 10%. 2984/
gazeta.ru
militarynews.ru
gazeta.ru
militarynews.ru
Pashinyan fired the Deputy Chief of the Armenian General Staff, Tiran Khachatrian, today after he was asked about Pashinyan's comments about the Iskander. He reportedly laughed and said the comment "wasn't serious". 2988/
kommersant.ru
tass.ru
kommersant.ru
tass.ru
The Armenian Military Servicemen’s Insurance Fund said that 1,600 Armenian servicemen are considered MIA after the war in Karabakh, though it isn't clear how much overlap there is among these 1,600 with the 3,700 bodies that have been recovered. 2989/
civilnet.am
civilnet.am
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Pashinyan fired a senior defense official yesterday after he laughed at Pashinyan’s criticism of the Iskander missile system. Today, the head of the Armenian General Staff and senior officers called for Pashinyan’s resignation, which Pashinyan has called a military coup. 2991/
Pashinyan has called for his supporters to come to Republic Square where he will speak. Again, this all started with Pashinyan trying to deflect blame about why he didn’t use the Iskander missile system earlier in the conflict that has now led to a political crisis. 2992/
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Pashinyan is leading a group of his supporters. 2997/
Russia also responded to the Iskander criticism from Pashinyan with the Russian MoD's spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, who said that, according to their information, Armenia never used its Iskander systems during the 2nd Karabakh War. I think they did. 2999/
youtube.com
youtube.com
Video reportedly of an Azerbaijani helicopter that was shot down or crashed on the first day of the war. 3001/
youtube.com
youtube.com
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Pashiyan's press secretary now says that he was misinformed about the Iskander situation (she didn't specify if this meant the Iskander performed well or wasn't used), and said that Russian weapons are some of the best in the world. 3008/
rbc.ru
rbc.ru
As a reminder, the Russian MoD responded by stating that the Iskander was never used during the conflict, despite a video of an Iskander launch with people speaking Armenian in Armenian camouflage🤔. Aliyev then said the same, so I guess everyone will toe that line now. 3009/
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Hmm, a senior official tells the Middle East Eye that Armenia fired an Iskander at Baku right before the ceasefire, but it was intercepted by an Israeli-made Barak-8. There was a large explosion in Baku right after the ceasefire, but I'm skeptical. 3014/
middleeasteye.net
middleeasteye.net
The Iskander missile has a significantly greater velocity than the Barak-8. The Iskander-E also only has a 280km range, which would mean Armenia would have to launch from deep within Karabakh when TB2 were a constant threat (and Iskander were the most important target). 2015/
Kommersant reported in 2018 that the Iskander systems that Armenia received in 2016 were 500km range Iskander-M with 9M723 missiles, not the export MTCR-compliant Iskander-E, but it isn't clear whether they swapped them for Iskander-E since then. 3016/
kommersant.ru
kommersant.ru
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Looks like another video of thermite employed by Azerbaijan during the conflict. 3029/
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Video of the 9th modular block town set up in Karabakh for Russian peacekeepers near the town of Askeran. 3042/
tvzvezda.ru
tvzvezda.ru
The posts are designed around BTR-82A vehicles and their 30mm cannons. 3043/
Hmm, not sure why the living facilities are located outside of the HESCOs and fortifications. 3044/
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Kornet-E ATGM. 3051/
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In a new HRW report with interviews with 4 Armenian POWs, the POWs said they were abused by soldiers after their capture (officers treated them better), but the worst abuse occurred at military police and National Security Ministry facilities in Baku.3054/
hrw.org
hrw.org
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Azerbaijan decided to publish a long video with new footage of artillery, MLRS, and other missile strikes on Armenian positions from the war. Interestingly, it mostly shows footage from ground level cameras of these impacts, instead of from UAVs. 3067/
mod.gov.az
mod.gov.az
Second clip from that video from the Azerbaijani MoD showing MLRS strikes on Armenian positions during the war. A good demonstration of how lethal modern warfare is. 3068/
youtube.com
youtube.com
Clip of Israeli IAI LORA tactical missile and Belarusian Polonez long-range MLRS firing on Armenian positions during the war. 3069/
Clip of Azerbaijani MLRS during the war, including Russian Smerch, Belarusian Polonez, and Israeli LORA and LAR-160 systems. 3070/
Smerch, RM-70 Vampir, LAR-160, and BM-21 Grad MLRS; Msta-S, 2S1, D-30, DANA howitzers, and Khrizantema-S ATGM carriers. Some UAV footage at the end showing MLRS and cluster munition strikes. 3071/
Lastly, the video had a compilation of Spike ATGM strikes on two trucks, 9 T-72 tanks, a BMP, and a defensive position. Important to remember that many of Armenia's tanks were destroyed by ATGMs, and not just TB2 UCAVs. 3072/
And Iskander systems. 3077/
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I know many people talked about the 2nd Karabakh War as a high-tech "Drone War" but it still involved plenty of old equipment as well, including these late 1940s era artillery pieces. 3085/
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Mi-24 helicopters. 3089/
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As Hamid notes, the 9M723 quasi-ballistic missile is the variant used by the Russian military's Iskander-M systems, and not the shorter-range export variant, the Iskander-E. That would mean they have a ~500 km range, sufficient to strike Baku. 3099/
The fragments look legitimate when compared to 9M723 missiles used during the 2008 Russo-Georgia war with a cluster munition warhead. Russia now denies both combat uses of the Iskander-M 9M723 missile. 3100/
cyxymu.livejournal.com
militaryrussia.livejournal.com
caliber.az
cyxymu.livejournal.com
militaryrussia.livejournal.com
caliber.az
Surprisingly, I didn't see any photos of the tail section or engine of the missile from the impact in Shusha, which we saw in Georgia. 3101/
militaryrussia.livejournal.com
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militaryrussia.livejournal.com
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