10:46, 27 September 2015

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of shelling from rocket launchers

Army of Nagorno-Karabakh, at contact line. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported that military units of Nagorno-Karabakh were shelled from mortar, grenade, and rocket launchers.

According to the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD, on September 26 and at night of September 27, the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire about 110 times.

"The Azerbaijani units attacked the Karabakh positions more than 2300 times from weapons of different calibre. During the shelling, the Azerbaijani side also used mortar launchers of 60 mm and 82 mm calibres, RPG-7 and AGS-17 grenade launchers, and TP-107 rocket launchers made in Turkey," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told by an official of the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD.

Till present, no comments from the Azerbaijani side in relation to the statement made by the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD are available. Meanwhile, today, Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of 74 attacks during the day.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Alvard Grigoryan

Source: CK correspondent