More Heavy Shelling Reported on Armenian Border Villages

The border at Tavush region

YEREVAN””As the 24th anniversary of Karabakh’s independence celebrations were winding down in and around Artsakh, nearby on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border another reality was taking shape with Azerbaijani forces launching long-range rocket attacks on a number border villages in the Tavush region on Wednesday.

In a statement published in Armenpress, Armenia’s Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hohvannisyan said the situation was tense along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as bombing as heaving shelling from Azerbaijani positions continue.

“I can say that gunfire is continuing in the direction of border villages in Tavush region. The enemy is using heavy artillery and I would categorize the situation as very serious, tense. Armenia’s military forces are responding to the adversary’s gunfire,”