A soldier guarding the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border (Photo: Artsakh Defense Ministry)
STEPANAKERT—Tensions were high throughout the weekend on the border of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic and Azerbaijan–also known as the Line of Contact–as Azerbaijani armed forces fired over 3,000 shots toward Artsakh. According to the Artsakh Defense Ministry, the ceasefire agreement was violated about 260 times.
The Defense Ministry reported that on the night of February 12-13, Azerbaijan used D-44 cannons, mortars, grenades and firearms of different calibers as it violated the ceasefire 80 times, firing over 950 shots toward Armenian positions.
On the night of February 11-12, 450 shots in the eastern direction of the Artsakh forces, violating the ceasefire agreement 35 times. On Saturday night, “the adversary violated the ceasefire agreement about 75 times, firing toward Armenian positions over 620 times,â€
