The Azerbaijani armed forces. Photo https://mod.gov.az/ru/foto-arhiv-045/?gid=23630

06 August 2018, 13:52

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling four villages

The Armenian armed forces 86 times violated the ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone during a day, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

On August 5, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 92 cases of shelling during a day. In its turn, the Ministry of Defence for Nagorno-Karabakh counted 250 cases of shelling from Azerbaijan during the week from July 29 to August 4.

The Armenian armed forces used large-calibre machine guns, added the press service for the Azerbaijani MoD.

The shelling was conducted from the Armenian positions "near occupied villages" against the Azerbaijani army's positions in the villages of Gushchu Airym, Gyzylgadjyly, Bala Jafarli, and Mundjuglu, reported the Azerbaijani MoD on its website.

This article was originally published on the Russian pageof 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’on August 6, 2018 at 09:08 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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