"Mr. Pashinyan was misled." The Russian Defense Ministry responded to the Armenian Prime Minister's words about the ineffectiveness of the Iskanders

Russian Iskander missile systems were not used during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020. This was reported by Interfax, citing a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to the objective and reliable information we have, confirmed including by the objective control system, not a single missile system of this type was used during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Defense Ministry added that they read with “bewilderment and surprise” the statement by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that the Iskanders had proven ineffective during the Karabakh conflict.

Apparently, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Nikol Pashinyan, was misled, as a result of which he used inaccurate information.

• On February 23, answering a question about the use of Iskanders during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that “the Iskander missiles fired did not explode or exploded only 10%.”
• The First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armenia, Tiran Khachatryan, who was asked to comment on the information about the ineffectiveness of the Iskanders, "laughed for a long time." "I don't know who said what, but it's impossible," the Yerevan. Segodnya publication quoted Khachatryan as saying.
• On February 24, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian dismissed Khachatryan at the Prime Minister's suggestion. On February 25, the General Staff of Armenia responded by demanding Pashinyan's resignation. The Prime Minister accused the military of attempting a coup d'etat. Protests by Pashinyan's supporters and opponents began in Yerevan.
• Against the backdrop of the worsening political situation in Yerevan, the defense ministers of Armenia and Russia held telephone talks. The conversation took place at the initiative of the Russian side.