"We signed this document because several thousand soldiers could be under siege, and there was no one to protect Khankendi." According to Sputnik Armenia, Araik Harutyunyan, the head of the separatist regime expelled from Karabakh, said this during a live broadcast on his Facebook account.
"Politicians trying to find traitors today should disclose information about the participation of their children and relatives in the fighting. They took selfies and deceived everyone, pretending to be at the front. But in fact they were not there, "Araik Harutyunyan said. He noted that on October 3, he "called and begged to go to the front, there is not enough manpower," but he was left alone. "1,500 Armenians from Hadrut fled in front of dozens of sabotage groups. I tried to persuade him to go back and fight. The traitors are those men who fled Karabakh and hid in Yerevan to avoid going to the front, "Harutyunyan said. He also provided excerpts from his previous appeals, including in Shusha, noting that this was done in order not to look for traitors and "sellers of land." The first episode was filmed on October 3, when the Azerbaijanis captured Talish and reached Sugovushan. He said that at that time, some servicemen withdrew in panic and did not have the resources to provide the rear. Some irregular groups refused to occupy frontline positions. "I said I would lead, but they refused," Harutyunyan said.