On 17 June President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree according to which servicemen of the NKR Defense Army's N division Vardan Sargsyan, Arayik Matinyan, Vigen Petrosyan were posthumously awarded with the "For Service in Battle" medal for bravery shown during the defense of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic state border, official page of NKR president reports.
To note, at 18:05 on June 16, Azerbaijan fired from the antitank grenade launchers at the direction of the NKR Defense Army unit, as a result of which 3 NKR Defense Army soldiers were fatally wounded.