On this section of the Sotk-Karvachar road, the movement of the car is gradually slowing down, and at the nearest stop we already have our combat positions, the new combat positions.

In my hand is the war photo of the division commander, Lt Col Arsen Hakobyan. It was taken in battle positions, on the hottest days, at a moment of a relative break in the battle. The eyes are red from sleeplessness and fatigue. There is a winner’s smile on the face that is covered by dust, but calm and confident…

We are in the southern border zone, in the unit under Col G. Poghosyan, whose personnel is on combat duty in a responsible, complex position. We are going to the positions in a the military “Vilis”.