An Artsakh Army soldier
STEPANAKERT—Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armed Forces repelled an attack by Azerbaijani soldiers late Thursday night, during which two Azerbaijani soldiers were killed, reported the Artsakh Defense Ministry.
The frontline divisions of the Artsakh Defense Army were quick to spot the Azerbaijani advances and forced them to retreat.
The Azerbaijani soldiers fired more than 5,500 rounds in the direction of the Armenian positions on March 10 and 11, using artillery weapons of different caliber, as well as 60 and 82 mm mortars, RPG-7 and HAN-17 grenades, and howitzers.
Azatutyun.am reported on Friday that Karabakh military authorities have warned Baku against further escalating the situation at the volatile line of contact after accusing Azerbaijani forces of targeting, for the first time since the 1994 ceasefire, positions deep inside Stepanakert-controlled territory with artillery fire.
The Defense Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh issued a statement on Friday, claiming that its advanced units managed to repulse another commando raid attempted by Azerbaijani forces overnight, killing two and wounding several Azerbaijani troops. It said Armenian forces sustained no losses in the engagement.
It further suggested that Azerbaijan’s armed forces fired 5,500 shots from firearms of different calibers and also used mortars of different calibers and gun-howitzers to shell Armenian positions on March 10-11.
“It is remarkable that last night the enemy used artillery fire not only against Armenian positions located in the direction of Akna (Aghdam), but also territories that are located at quite a distance from the line of contact. This is unprecedented since the signing of a ceasefire agreement in May 1994. One can draw one conclusion from this: the adversary has adopted a tactic aimed at destabilizing the situation in the conflict zone, which is fraught with unpredictable consequences,â€
