On the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

24 February 2019, 10:56

NKR blames Azerbaijan for 150 shelling attacks during the week

On February 17-23, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan fired more than 1500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has announced.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on February 10-16, the NKR counted 220 shelling attacks on its positions.

The fire was delivered from small arms, the NKR's MoD has noted.

Azerbaijan is reporting the violations of the ceasefire regime by Armenia and the NKR on the daily basis. On February 17-23, Baku counted 169 shelling attacks.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on February 23, 2019 at 08:37 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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NKR claims 220 shelling attacks during the week, Azerbaijan claims machine gun fire in conflict zone, Azerbaijan reports shelling of its positions in five villages.

Author: Alvard Grigoryan Source: CK correspondent

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