YEREVAN — Armenia’s Nationwide Safety Service (NSS) introduced at this time that the investigation right into a excessive treason and espionage case involving 20 former and energetic navy officers, revealed that the latter collected and transmitted navy info from the battlefields to a international intelligence service through the 2020 autumn conflict within the Nagorno-Karabakh battle zone.
“On account of their anti-state actions through the fierce intervals of the conflict the enemy had a transparent thought of the Armenian troops deployment, the categories and amount of their weapons, their offensive, defensive and strategic redeployments – as much as the particular geographical coordinates on the maps,” the NSS stated at this time.
On account of anti-government actions that undermined the foundations of the state, threatened the territorial integrity, and endangered the lives of those that fought selflessly on the battlefield, the enemy used clear drones and varied artillery shells to dislodge Armenian navy items, hindering their duties.
‘It’s indicative that the international intelligence service recruited former or energetic servicemen into the espionage community who attributable to their service had the chance to enter navy items within the Republics of Armenia and Artsakh, to rise to fight positions, to get acquainted with varied paperwork and data associated to the navy,’ the NSS stated.
In addition to utilizing their authority amongst their comrades-in-arms, the traitors entered navy items, went to navy positions, made covert movies, recorded the categories and portions of navy tools, the motion of navy items, took photographs of navy maps, obtained different info. to international intelligence brokers for a payment.
A complete of 20 folks have been charged with aiding and abetting treason within the face of a ample mixture of proof obtained through the preliminary investigation of the legal case, 14 of whom have been remanded in custody.
“Complete operational and intelligence measures and investigative actions are being taken to detect all members of the spy community, to provoke legal proceedings in opposition to them and to neutralize international intelligence actions within the Armenian Armed Forces,’ the assertion stated.
The NSS stated additionally that quite a few different circumstances have been uncovered involving Armenian navy, who collected and transmitted info and paperwork of strategic significance to representatives of international intelligence providers through the 2020 conflict, ‘thereby weakening the safety of their nation and serving to the enemy to unravel its fight duties and achieve a major benefit on the battlefield.’
