Soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh, http://www.nkrmil.am/news/view/2101

12 February 2019, 13:06

Azerbaijan counts 21 shelling attacks in the conflict zone

During the last 24 hours, positions of Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 21 times, including those stationed in three villages, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed today.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on February 11, Azerbaijan declared 25 shelling attacks within the past 24 hours committed from the territories of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

On February 11-12, 2019, the ceasefire regime was violated for 21 times, the Azerbaijani MoD has reported on its website today. From the territory of Armenia, Azerbaijani positions, stationed in the villages of Kemerli and Guschu Airym of the Gazakh District, were shelled in the village of Zamanly and on nameless heights of the Gadabay District; fire was also delivered from the territories "near the occupied villages," the MoD has informed.

As of 8:10 a.m. Moscow time today, there were no comments on this statement about shelling on the websites of the MoDs of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on February 12, 2019 at 08:30 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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