In 2015, the losses of the Armenian Armed Forces and the NKR Defense Army totaled 57 people, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, says on his Facebook page.
"The data have been presented with due regard for the investigation results. In 2015 the total losses of the Armenian armed forces and the NKR Defense Army made up 57 people.
In particular, 38 servicemen were killed by the adversary's actions (shots by snipers, sabotage attacks and other actions) on the line of contact; 2 servicemen died of diseases; 2 died in road accidents; 1 serviceman was murdered; 6 servicemen committed suicide; 4 died as a result of casualties; 3 died as a result of violation of the combat duty rules; and 1 serviceman was killed in a landmine blast," Hovhannisyan says.