Another war crime took place on October 31st when Azerbaijani forces started using phosphorous munitions over Artsakh , thus setting fires to areas close to civilian settlements . On the same day , Armenia ’ s PM sent a letter to Russia ’ s president and officially requested their assistance . In response to that , Russian MFA said that they would provide assistance if the battle transfers to the territory of Armenia . On November 2 nd , Pashinyan gave an interview to the Jerusalem Post and expressed concerns over the presence of terrorists in the South Caucasus region and condemned Israel for arming Azerbaijan and supporting Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression . During these days , the military operations near Shushi were continuing and the representative of the defense ministry assured that Shushi will not fall and will remain Armenian . However , on November 8 th , Aliyev claimed that Azerbaijani forces had succeeded in capturing Shushi , which the Armenian side opposed in its official statements ( Artsakh spotlight Karabakh ).
On November 9 th , 17 political parties issued a statement demanding the resignation of Pashinyan and the government . The parties argued that the government was not able to handle the crisis and to prevent the war . The spokesperson of Artsakh ’ s president announced that Shushi was no longer under Armenian control , which caused tense public discourse and grievances . The spokesperson said , “ False calls of victory and Facebook speculations will lead us to losing everything bit-by-bit ” ( Artsakh spotlight Karabakh ). However , after several minutes , Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page “ The battles for Shushi continue .” Late that night the news about the capitulation of Artsakh was announced , and the document signed by Pashinyan was published on different platforms .
Framing of the Armenian Public TV
This section presents the content analysis of one of the leading media outlet ’ s video interviews with the invited experts and politicians . The section discusses how the Armenian Public TV referred to the official statements of the government , namely Nikol Pashinyan , throughout the war . This section reviews the interviews and aims at understanding if the narrative is mainly supportive of the government or if there are cases of questioning the official statements or providing alternative thinking for the public discourse .
Firstly , it is important to note that the TV show “ Interview with Petros Ghazaryan ” usually airs every day with invited guests who talk about the political , social , and economic developments of the country . However , from the first day of the war until October 12th no interview was conducted and uploaded for this TV show . This means that two weeks during the war the show “ Interview with Petros
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