Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 250 cases of shelling during a week

In the period from September 9 to 15, the Azerbaijani armed forces made more than 2500 shots on the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that for the week from September 2 to 8, Nagorno-Karabakh registered 200 cases of shelling from the Azerbaijani side.

According to the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD, during the period from September 9 to 15, the positions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army were shelled 250 times. "More than 2500 shots were made … from small arms of different calibre," reports today the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD on its website. It is not reported whether soldiers of the Defence Army opened fire in return.

As of 2:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan did not release on its website any comments concerning the statement made by the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD. However, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence regularly claims violations of the ceasefire regime by Armenia, as well as from the territories controlled by the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", for the period from September 9 to September 15, Azerbaijan registered 632 such cases of shelling. Only during the past day, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, the positions of the country were shelled 88 times.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 15, 2018 at 08:00 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.