Khnapat village (Askeran region). Many times the residents have been subjected to shelling, shooting, and harassment from the Azerbaijani forces. In March of this year, the Azerbaijani army shelled the school while the children were in class. Residents are now scared to send their kids to school. Azerbaijani forces play very loud music and speak with loudspeakers, telling the residents to leave the village in 120 hours otherwise they'll be massacred. Most recently, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime, occupied the neighboring village of Parukh, and is heading towards the height of Karalguh, which is not far from the village of Khnapat. The inhabitants are very worried because if Azerbaijan occupies this height, they will not have the opportunity to live freely and peacefully in their ancestral land. There are many refugees from Azerbaijani-occupied villages in the village. And everyone is trying to repair their broken lives.

While everyone is distracted with the #Ukraine and #Russia war, #Azerbaijan is using this opportunity and attacking the Armenian population of Artsakh, aiming at finishing their plans of ethnically cleansing the Armenian population from their indigenous lands. On top of this, all of Artsakh has seen an unprecedented snowfall and has been deprived of heating and warm water for over 3 weeks because of a blown up natural gas pipeline near the occupied Shushi, courtesy of Azerbaijan. A real humanitarian crisis and a grim security situation in Artsakh, and the residents of this border community feel extremely anxious and abandoned by everyone.

_______
"The Desire To Live" is a documentary film from Armenia and Artsakh. Thank you all for donating and supporting our special project! Show your support by going to this link https://gofund.me/1e0c9651
________
My name is Mariam, and I am a filmmaker from Artsakh, the director of the docu-series which shows post-war life in Artsakh called #TheDesireToLive. This documentary is aiming to show the effects of the war on the regular people of Artsakh and Armenia and their livelihood. If you want to learn more about Armenia, Artsakh, and the people that live in it, subscribe to the channel!

Meet the team:
Director & Writer — Mariam Avetisyan
Producer — Peter Bahlawanian
Cinematographer — Arnold Ghazaryan
Editor — Mariam Avetisyan
Music —Arev Music
_________
More episodes below:

Armenian POW Stories: https://youtu.be/paaUmHTZb7c
Season 1: https://youtu.be/BVW2jH2wxhw
Season 2: https://youtu.be/NJm90qBCKa0
Season 3: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWvAzO2gNW-tUa6tvQrc_prgH2_qUetOQ
All episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWvAzO2gNW-sE_NIVxmDzAQ7EsNSAnG75
_______
You can support me by donating and subscribing to my YouTube Channel, turning on the notifications, liking, commenting & sharing the videos!

Donate: https://gofund.me/1e0c9651
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AvetisianM
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avetisianmariam.co/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MariamAvetisianFilms