The Azerbaijani armed forces have violated the ceasefire on the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border overnight April 22-23.
Azerbaijan fires at Armenia-Azerbaijan state border
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 23, ARTSAKHPRESS: Eight ceasefire violations occurred; informed the department of Information and Public Relations of the Defense Ministry.
The Defense Ministry announcement reads: “Eight incidents of ceasefire violations were registered overnight April 22-23 in the northeastern direction of the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border. The Azerbaijani side opened irregular fire at Armenian positions by using various caliber weapons and sniper rifles. Azerbaijan also fired 60 mm (2 shells) mortar.
In a display of restraint, the Armenian Armed Forces took countermeasure only in case of strict necessity. The Armenian Armed Forces are confidently monitoring the border situation.
According to the NKR Defense Army, the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact remained unchanged overnight April 22-23. Along the entire line of contact Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire agreement more than 65 times by firing various caliber weapons.
The Azerbaijani forces fired 60mm mortars (2 shells), RPG-7 (2 grenades) and AGS-17 (13 grenades) grenade launchers and ZU-23-2 (15 rounds) antiaircraft weapon system in the direction of Martakert.
The Azerbaijani attack was suppressed by the countermeasures of NKR Armed Forces.”
