Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan posted the following statement on his Facebook page today urging the people of Azerbaijan to leave those cities where military facilities are located to avoid injury when those installations are struck by Armenian forces.

Despite numerous warnings, the Azerbaijani terrorist army continues to target the civilian population of Stepanakert, using Polonez and Smerch missile systems.

From now on, military facilities permanently located in major cities of Azerbaijan have become the targets of the Defense Army. I call on the people of Azerbaijan to leave these cities as soon as possible to avoid possible losses.

All the responsibility for this lies with the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan.