23:08, 21 August 2023
YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. An Armenian serviceman was killed Monday when Azerbaijani troops opened cross-border gunfire, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
“On August 21, at around 3:30 p.m., the units of the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire against the Armenian combat outposts nearby Akhpradzor, in the wake of which a serviceman of the N military unit of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defence Vanik Aram Ghazaryan was fatally wounded. The Ministry of Defence extends its deepest condolences to the next of kin, relatives, and co-servicemembers of V. Ghazaryan,” the ministry said.
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