Machine gun. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

21 September 2018, 14:28

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its villages from machine guns

The positions of the Azerbaijani army in four villages located in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled, the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on September 20, Azerbaijan claimed about 90 cases of shelling in the Karabakh conflict zone. The Ministry of Defence for Nagorno-Karabakh registered 250 cases of shelling of its positions for the week from September 9 to 15.

Over the past day, the ceasefire regime in the conflict zone was violated 88 times, the press service for the Azerbaijani MoD reported.

The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the villages of Kemerli, Gyzylgadjyly, Mundjuglu, Garaveliler and at nameless heights were also shelled, including from large-calibre machine guns, the website of the Azerbaijani MoD reported.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 20, 2018 at 07:48 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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