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The Armenian Defense Ministry said Azerbaijan fired artillery fire at its troops and accused the camp of violating the ceasefire. Azerbaijan also reported that the Armenian army fired at the vicinity of the city of Jebrail with mortars and artillery during the night.
The Armenian Defense Ministry declared that the Azerbaijani side violated the new ceasefire agreement, which was reached the night before. Ministry press secretary Shushan Stepanyan wrote about this on Facebook.
“Once again in violation of the humanitarian ceasefire, the enemy fired northbound artillery fire from 0.04 to 2.45, as well as southbound rocket fire from 2.20 to 2.45,” he wrote.
He also said that at 7:20 AM, the Azerbaijani army launched an attack on the Khudaferin reservoir to take advantageous positions.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced violations of the ceasefire by Armenia, reporting that the Armenian army fired on the vicinity of the city of Jebrail, as well as the nearest villages in this region, located along the Araz River, with mortars and artillery during the night. Losses among Azerbaijani forces are not reported.
In addition, the Azerbaijan department reported that it destroyed or disabled manpower, two S-300 missile guidance stations, five T-72 tanks, three BM-21 “Grad” multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS), two MLRS “Smerch”, a D-20 howitzer, a KS-19 anti-aircraft gun and six vehicles of the Armenian forces.
On the night of October 17, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a humanitarian truce. It was supposed to start at 0.00 on October 18.
In 1991 Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of Armenia declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on an armistice and a ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region. Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia. Deaths and injuries reported military personnel and civilians.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, bombardment of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
Turkey openly supports Azerbaijan in this conflict.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it.
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