Stepanakert called on the international community to assess  Azerbaijan`s next attack on the media reps

ArmInfo.Stepanakert called on the international community to assess Azerbaijan's next attack on the media representatives.

Thus, the commentary of the Department of Information and Public  Relations of the Artsakh Foreign Ministry regarding the attack by the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces of foreign journalists, in particular,  reads: `` On October 8, as a result of the second airstrike inflicted  by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the Church of the Holy All-Savior  in Shushi, citizens of the Russian Federation, journalists Yuri  Kotyonok and members of the accompanying group Levon Arzanov and  Hrant Badalyan were seriously injured.

The wounded were hospitalized at the Stepanakert medical center for  emergency medical care. Yuri Kotyonok's condition is assessed as  extremely serious and unstable. The condition of Levon Arzanov and  Hrant Badalyan is of moderate severity. Nothing threatens their  lives.

We strongly condemn the next attack by Azerbaijan on representatives  of the press, and call on the international community to give an  appropriate legal and moral assessment of this crime.> It is also  reported that a representative of the Artsakh Foreign Ministry  visited the injured journalists. In connection with the  aforementioned incident, communication has been established with the  Embassy of the Russian Federation in Armenia.

It should be noted that today the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan have  twice hit the Armenian shrine of Shushi - the Cathedral of the Holy  All-Savior Ghazanchetsots. As a result of the strikes, the church  suffered serious damage, civilians were also injured, including three  foreign journalists, one of whom was in an extremely grave condition.  Doctors are fighting for his life. According to preliminary data, ten  civilians were injured. Bomb fragments were found at the site.