01/02/2014 17:30
Azerbaijan fired over 10 thousand shots at NKR in past week
Over the past week Azerbaijan has maintained tension on the Line of Contact with the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh. In addition to firing at the Karabakh positions, the Azerbaijani side deployed armored equipment, NKR Defense Ministry said in a statement. The air defense system of the NKR detected Azerbaijani military aircraft flying 30-35 km away from the border.
Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire about 1,700 times in the past week, firing over 10,000 shots.
On January 20-31 two servicemen of the Karabakh army were killed as a result of two subversive actions of the enemy and about 3,000 violations of the ceasefire. The Azerbaijani side’s losses include 8 killed servicemen and over 20 wounded.