Military personnel who are injured and the families of those killed during opponent's sabotage operations will receive financial compensation from the state, defense minister Gabriel Balayan said at the Armenian parliament on Tuesday.

According to him, there were cases when the opponent caused harm to the life or health of the military personnel when direct military operations were not conducted or the military personnel were not on combat duty or did not carry out special tasks. Such incidents occurred as a result of artillery shelling of the Armenian territory by the enemy or sabotage and reconnaissance operations. As a result of such actions, nine military personnel have been injured since 2008.

Proceeding from the draft law, these cases should be compensated and funds are planned to be allocated from a special fund of the country's defense ministry of.