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1. On November 7, we completely lost control of the city of Shushi - Arayik Harutyunyan

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2. I do not know how history will evaluate the decision we made yesterday, but we were obliged to - Arayik Harutyunyan

3. Had the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost the whole of Artsakh in a matter of days - Arayik Harutyunyan

4. We had great human losses yesterday in the Martuni region, during the last hours - Arayik Harutyunyan

5. The army was exhausted with Covid - Arayik Harutyunyan

6. We did not want to believe that it was impossible to fight with the potential of the human and military equipment that existed - Arayik Harutyunyan

7. We were forced [to make this decision] so that there would be no more losses. We fought against the forces of 8 countries - Arayik Harutyunyan

8. I spoke with representatives of the elite, among them Bako Sahakyan, Arkady Ghukasyan, Vitaly Balasanyan and others, and they are all ready to cooperate and work with us. We are holding consultations with them - Arayik Harutyunyan

9. Everyone [of the above] said that a temporary or final truce was inevitable. Otherwise, we would have lost all of Artsakh in a matter of days. There were no resources to continue the fight - Arayik Harutyunyan

10. It seems that we managed to defend ourselves from drones for several days, but already in the last two days the enemy, I do not know how, through new technologies or new drones, had the opportunity to inflict great damage on our troops again - Arayik Harutyunyan

11. Why did it not succeed? We will all answer, yes all of us. All of us who have held positions in recent decades. In general, there will be an assessment of the state of the army in the future - Arayik Harutyunyan

12. The morale of the troops was not very good, in some places it can be said that it was extremely bad. Exhausted by hemorrhoids, dysentery, and Covid. The army was on the front line for 43 days, and we did not have the opportunity to change, rest or heal - Arayik Harutyunyan

13. Certainly we didn't fight against Azerbaijan, and definitely not only the Turkish officer or military equipment was on the battlefield during the hostilities. The participation of Turkish soldiers, terrorists, mercenaries from different countries were too - Arayik Harutyunyan

14. I bow first to our soldiers, the most heroic guys in the world were our conscripts. I bow to the families and relatives of all the victims. We had to save the lives of those same conscripts - Arayik Harutyunyan

15. Of course, you can say why we were not informed about that situation at the time. I called from Aghdam, from this same chair, reminding you, dear compatriots, we need you. On October 29, from Shushi, in front of the Ghazanchetsots Church, I said that Shushi was in danger.

16. They were arguing whether Shushi was in our hands or not, we had lost the main control since November 5, completely since November 7 - Arayik Harutyunyan