"An insane person destroyed the whole country leaving some 5,000 mothers in grief," commander of Sisakan unit Ashot Minasyan said at a meeting with intellectuals of Shirak province. The discussion held on Wednesday brought together members of "The Voice of Motherland" initiative and representative of arts and culture sector. 

Minasyan noted that he had been visiting Artsakh for 30 years with pride, as a victorious commander and a soldier. 

"Every time I visited Artsakh I used to tell my comrades-in-arms whom we had lost that it was pity they hadn't the chance to see our victory. I was in Artsakh 30 days ago and thought those killed were lucky as they didn't see my and their defeat," Minasyan said.

In the words of the veteran commander, capable people should run the country "which is not a office or business" and they "we are obliged to pass something on to generations."

"How was it possible we started hating our military, people, ourselves? How did they manage to hate the whole nation and feed us with betrayal plane. We state we have not lost. We lost three years ago when we started hating ourselves," Minasyan said, referring to the 2018 revolution and the public mood. 

"On November 9, 2020, there was one person with his team who lost, while the people had lost in 2018, since we were divided from outside forces," added Minasyan.