The Azerbaijani army. Photo by the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/az/news/naxcivan-qarnizonu-qosunlarinda-telim-metodiki-toplanti-kecirilib-video-30953.html

18 May 2020, 22:32

Azerbaijan claims machine-gun and sniper shelling attacks in Karabakh conflict zone

Over 24 hours, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled from sniper rifles and large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

"Units of the Armenian armed forces ... 21 times violated the ceasefire regime in various directions of the front," the Azerbaijani MoD reported. The Azerbaijani positions were shelled at nameless heights in the Gadabay Districts, the Azerbaijani MoD reported.

The fire came from the direction of Armenia and from the areas considered by Azerbaijan as its occupied territories, the Azerbaijani MoD reports.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 18, 2020 at 09:32 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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