The Azerbaijani side continued the intensive firing all along the line of contact with the Karabakh forces last night, the NKR Defense Ministry reports.
The rival used heavy weapons, including mortars, cannons, MM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, as it shelled the military positions and populated areas in Karabakh.
The settlements of Martakert, Nerkin Horatagh and others came under heavy firing.
Private of the NKR Defense Army Hayk Samvel Minasyan was killed as a result of Azeri aggression.
Th front divisions of the NKR Defense Army undertook retaliatory measures to neutralize the aggression of the rival, inflicting losses in human force and equipment, th Ministry said.
As for now, the situation is relatively calm.
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