Azerbaijani military at the exercises
Ministry of Defense of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh) reports shelling from the territory, under the control of the armed forces of Azerbaijan. According to the military department, shelling began today at nine in the morning from grenade launchers, also carried out several attacks using drones.
The second attack using UAVs on the positions of the Karabakh army in the northwestern section of the demarcation line took place near 15:00.
In its turn, The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused the Armenian military of deliberately shelling the positions of the Azerbaijani army. The agency's website says, that as a result of the deliberate actions of “illegal Armenian armed formations on the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily stationed”, one soldier died.
As a result,, a soldier Kazimov Anar Rustam oglu became a martyr from a bullet wound, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said, adding, that in response to the provocation, “the units of the Azerbaijani army took appropriate measures”.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry also stated, that all responsibility for the incident on the territory of Azerbaijan lies with the political and military leadership of Armenia.
Currently, security on the line of contact in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh is monitored by Russian peacekeepers., who have been there since autumn 2020 of the year. The basis for the ceasefire was a trilateral agreement, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. At the end of November last year, Pashinyan and Aliyev, with the assistance of Vladimir Putin, signed an additional agreement on the demarcation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan..
However, at the end of July, shelling on the demarcation line resumed.. As a result of the worsening situation, President of the Republic of Artsakh (NKR) Arayik Harutyunyan signed a decree, according to which partial mobilization was announced in the republic. In its turn, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov ordered the army to "resolutely" suppress possible provocations by Armenia.
Russian peacekeepers are currently taking measures to stabilize the situation, reported in the defense department of Stepanakert. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan
