Davit Tonoyan, Armenia’s First Deputy Defense Minister, met with the ambassadors of France, Germany and Italy to Armenia and the European Union’s head of political affairs this evening and gave them Armenia’s version of the fighting that occurred last night and today on the Artsakh Line of Contact.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense has released a video showing the remains of an Azerbaijani MI-24 helicopter allegedly shot down by Armenian forces earlier today.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said that Armenian military losses in the recent round of fighting along the Artsakh Line of Contact amount to 18 dead and some 35 wounded.
Hetq chief editor Edik Baghdasaryan, now in Artsakh and in contact with the Artsakh Defense Army, reports that Azerbaijani Colonel General Zakir Hasanov is personally taking charge of the operations carried out by Azerbaijan’s 1st Military Corps.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that more than 200 Azerbaijani military personnel have been killed in fighting that broke out along the Line of Contact last night and into today.
Three Artsakh soldiers, wounded in fighting that broke out along the Line of Contact today when Azerbaijan launched a major offensive, have been transferred to the Mouratsan Military Hospital in Yerevan.
The Artsakh Ministry of Health reports that two children injured by Azerbaijani shelling in the Martouni district of the country have been transferred to the Arevik Chilkdren’s Health Unit and are in stable but serious condition.
Such an escalation of tension by Azerbaijan is fraught with unexpected consequences. In this situation, the NKR Defense Army is taking all necessary measures to force Azerbaijan to cease hostilities. Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for possible consequences, a country which once again has initiated irresponsible and senseless adventurism.
Artsakh Ministry of Defense Press Spokesman Senor Hasratyan has told Hetq that the military situation along the Artsakh Line of Contact remains “tense”, especially in the northern and southern sections.
During a hastily convened session of the Artsakh Security Council, Artsakh Minister of Defense declared that the Artsakh Defense Army had repulsed all Azerbaijani military actions along the border and had inflicted huge losses on Azerbaijani military units.
Baku blatantly defies numerous calls of the international community on the settlement of the conflict through negotiations.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that its forces have downed yet another Azerbaijani helicopter, in addition to destroying three Azerbaijani tanks and two military drones.
The Human Rights Defender of RA strongly condemns the attacks on civilian settlements and civilians.
The Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) claims that it has destroyed an Azerbaijani reconnaissance unit outside the village of Levonarkh in the northeastern Martakert region of Artsakh.
Azerbaijan’s military launched offensive actions last night along long stretches of the Artsakh Line of Contact, according to a report issued by the Artsakh Ministry of Defense.
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