ArmInfo.No violation of the cease-fire, large-scale or not, can be justified, said the Minister of Defense of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan in an interview to reporters on February 23.
"The ceasefire is identified by number of agreements, the implementation of which is the task of the international obligation. The Ministry of Defence and the armed forces are to ensure its full implementation by the response, what we actually do", he stressed.
He also noted that on the contact line a shear growth is registered. In particular, the Minister stressed that the enemy used mortars and light artillery. "We have to approach to this with awareness as always, because the enemy has never hidden and does not hide its purpose and his tasks", said the Minister. He added that the armed forces continue to control the situation and will continue to carry out its task.
Note that in the night of 22 to 23 February, the Azerbaijani armed forces again used the divisional guns D- 44 at the line of contact. During this period, the enemy intensively violated the ceasefire by firing from artillery and different kinds of small arms on the Karabakh positions more than 1,600 times. In particular, on the eastern and northeastern areas of the confrontation line, the armed forces of Azerbaijan actively used divisional guns D-44 and mortars of various calibers, producing 62 volleys, including 52 from mortars. In order to suppress the enemy's offensive actions, NKR Defense Army units took retaliatory preventive action, as a result of which Azerbaijan has suffered at least one loss, which was reported on the eve by the enemy's defense ministry.