On May 31, 2:10 p.m., conscripts Hovan Haroutyunyan and Gevorg Tovmasyan quit their posts from NKR Defense Army's military unit situated in the north. After deserting the unit, the soldiers found themselves on Azerbaijani territory, NKR Defense Army's Press Service reported to a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent.

The servicemen were enlisted to army on May 19, 2009. The case is currently under investigation.