“Armenia, country of paradise”… The poet admired-loved-worshiped, did not call for heroism, did not give a message to the generations to keep this rocky-difficult land… Country of paradise, he said, and we understood that our share is here, this little one, on a rocky, native land, here is our paradise, our home, our root. Our homeland.

This young hero, who destroyed ten enemy tanks in a matter of days, comes and sits modestly to talk to me. The eyes are clear, the gaze is bright and luminous. Sergeant Edgar Markosyan is the Deputy Commander of a battery, the Commander of the Squadron, who has shown exceptional dedication, courage and professionalism during the combat operations.

Many soldiers and volunteers who were wounded as a result of the large-scale war unleashed by Azerbaijan are receiving treatment in various medical centers of the capital.

The whole family of Artsakh Hero Yura Alaverdyan was at home, the father, Haykaram, the mother, Anna, the grandmother, Greta, Yura’s younger sister, who is named after her grandmother.

The war is ranging. The breath of war is hardly felt in Yerevan. Life goes on as normal though the Artsakh front is in the center of everyone’s attention, and the political processes developing around it. Everyone is busy with their work, following the news in parallel, and then discussing the events at an almost “expert” level. As soon as we find out about our departure to Artsakh, acquaintances and strangers express their support.

Davit Grigoryan, a soldier of the Armenian Army, destroyed 15 enemy tanks while repelling the Turkish-Azerbaijani terrorist attack, which entered our land. Naturally, I first wanted to talk to the hero’s mother, Mrs. Susanna. But he said that his best friend, Sargis Hakobyan, would tell the best about Davit , because Sargis and Davit have been friends since the day he was born. They played together in the yard, went to kindergarten together, studied in the same class, were together during the military service.

These days, our servicemen and contract soldiers, who were wounded during the war, receive care and love by civilian medical institutions as well. We visited our wounded soldiers treated at Erebuni Medical Center and talked to some of them.