Soldiers of the Azerbaijani army. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/

30 October 2018, 14:42

Azerbaijan: a border village in conflict zone shelled

The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the village of Bala Jafarli were shelled 25 times a day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 29, Azerbaijan claimed 29 cases of shelling of its positions per day. In turn, Nagorno-Karabakh registered 100 attacks on the positions of the Defence Army for the week, from October 14 to 20.

Starting from the morning on October 29 to the morning on October 30, the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone was violated 25 times a day. The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the village of Bala Jafarli in the Gazakh District were shelled, the Azerbaijani MoD reported. According to the military officials, the fire came from Armenia and from the territories "near the occupied villages."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 30, 2018 at 10:00 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

See earlier reports:

Azerbaijan claims shelling of a village in conflict zone, NKR accused Azerbaijan of 100 shelling attacks per week, Azerbaijan counts 29 shelling attacks per day.

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