Azerbaijan used mortars in ceasefire violations over the past week

PanArmenian, Armenia

– 13:53 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – More than 500 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan were registered on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) over the past weekend, the Karabakh Defense Army said in a statement.

Azeri troops, in particular, employed various caliber firearms, 82-mm mortars and grenade launchers.

The Artsakh Defense Army units continue controlling the situation on the entire line of contact and protecting their positions.

A Karabakh soldier, Vazgen Poghosyan (b. 1997) was killed in Azerbaijan’s cross-border fire on Monday, July 10.

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