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“On the morning of July 16, the Armenian armed forces again attempted to attack units of the Azerbaijani army in the direction of the Tovuz district state border,” the report said.
According to the Defense Ministry, Armenians shot four villages in the Tovuz district with large-caliber weapons and mortars.
“The civilian population did not suffer. Battles are currently being fought in this direction. Our units control the operational situation,” the ministry said.
Shushan Stepanian, a spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday that Azerbaijani soldiers had attempted to carry out a diverse invasion of the country.
“At 3 pm. 40 min. The Armenian Army noted the opponent’s movement. Moving into the defense circle, Armenian units thwarted the opponent’s attempt to organize a diverse invasion. After fierce battles, the opponent, who suffered losses, was unlocked, “Š. Stepanian
According to her, at 5 p.m. 20 minutes. Azerbaijani units began firing at the border towns of Aigepar and Movses from mortars and shells.
The fighting resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh
“The fire continues now,” Š. Stepanian
A Defense Ministry spokeswoman wrote in a message posted on Facebook that Armenian forces had destroyed an Azerbaijani tank and a self-propelled artillery cannon.
“The tank was destroyed, enemy artillery and mortar fire positions were destroyed, from where it was fired at our positions and settlements,” Š wrote. Stepanian
However, Vagif Dargahli, spokesman for the Azerbaijani defense ministry, said the information published by Armenia was not in line with reality.
“The Armenians did not hit the Azerbaijani tank. This is disinformation. All the Azerbaijani tanks are healthy and working. The armored vehicles of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are in the front line. The tanks of Azerbaijan are within reach of the enemy units,” he said. Dargahli to Interfax.
The fighting, which started on 12 July on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, was reportedly carried out over three days in the adjacent districts of Tovuz and Armenian Tavush of Azerbaijan, which also border Sakartvel and are several hundred kilometers from the southwestern separatist region of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh. Kidnapped by Armenian separatists in the 1990s during a conflict that claimed 30,000 lives. human lives
Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been the subject of many confrontations between the two neighbors of the South Caucasus for decades, is currently calm.
The fighting resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh
According to Azerbaijan, 11 of its soldiers have been killed in recent days. Armenia has reported four dead and dozens of wounded soldiers.
Azerbaijan and Armenia blame each other for the shooting. Armenian President Armen Sargsyan described Azerbaijan’s actions on Wednesday as “open evidence of military aggression.”
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, meanwhile, said on Wednesday there was no point in his country starting hostilities on the border with Armenia.
“On July 12, the Armenian Armed Forces fired artillery positions at the Azerbaijani army in the Tovuz district. This unexpected blow killed our soldiers and injured them,” he said, stressing that he had instructed his country’s armed forces to “deal a blow so hard to the enemy that he could not forget it for a long time.”
A number of countries and international organizations expressed their concern about the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and asked these neighbors to enter into dialogue. Russia’s foreign ministry said it is ready to help Baku and Yerevan stabilize the situation.
On Wednesday he was quiet on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
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