04 November 2020, 16:30

Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh exchanged accusations of shelling civilians

Military servicemen of Nagorno-Karabakh are shelling five villages in the Terter and Agdjabedi Districts, Azerbaijani authorities have claimed. Nagorno-Karabakh declares victims as a result of the strike on the city of Shushi.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that this morning, Azerbaijani authorities informed about the mortar shelling of their troops and border villages in the conflict zone.

"On November 4, the Armenian Armed Forces are subjecting the villages of Gusanli and Gazyan in the Terter District to artillery fire, as well as the villages of Gadjilar, Garakhanly and Boyat in the Agdjabedi District," the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

In their turn, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have claimed an artillery strike on the city of Shushi. "There are victims among the civilian population; and there are numerous destructions in the city," the Armenia's United Information Centre has written on the Facebook.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 4, 2020 at 10:20 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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In Azerbaijan, frontline villagers make dugouts to hide from shelling attacks, Number of killed residents of Nagorno-Karabakh rises to 46, Russian MFA estimates the number of mercenaries in Karabakh conflict zone.

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