On July 21, the Azerbaijani armed forces continued to violate the ceasefire regime intensively all day long along the Line of Contact of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan forces, reports the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
According to the Defense Army’s operative data, in the mentioned period the opponent committed nearly 160 ceasefire violations by firing more than 1,600 shots at the Armenian positions with the use of different caliber artillery armaments, including 123 shells of 60 mm mortars, 3 shells of RPG-7 grenades and more than 140 shots with machine-guns of large diameters.
The frontline military units of the Defense Army responded, after which the opponent’s attacks were silenced.
The NKR Ministry of Defense declares that the situation is under the control of Artsakh’s army and that the army is ready for punitive and disproportionate actions in case of the development of the situation.
