13/09/2010 13:55
Azerbaijan violates cease-fire agreement 456 times within a week
The Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh said in the statement that Azerbaijan’s armed forces violated the cease-fire agreement 456 times within a period from September 5 to 11. More than 10,000 shots were fired at the positions of Nagorno Karabakh across the line of contact with Azerbaijan.
Armenian positions across the line of contact were bombarded by various small arms, including sniper rifles, such as Dragunov sniper rifle and Black Arrow, and Kalashnikov machine gun, Degtyarev Large-Caliber machine gun, Utyos machine gun, and launchers.
Most serious attacks occurred on September 5 and 6. This two day the positions of Nagorno Karabakh were bombarded by more than 1,800 strings of bursts.
Armenian combat forces defeated positions; this made the Azerbaijani side stop the attacks.