ArmInfo. From early morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces attacked the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army in several directions, but to no avail. In the northern direction, the enemy suffered heavy losses and retreated.
The fighting continued throughout the day, also in a southerly direction: North of the Araks River, in the direction of several heights. The Artsakh Armed Forces have certain positional advantages here. The fighting continues. The Azerbaijani armed forces tried to fight in the direction of the Armenian city of Kapan, using artillery. There are concrete consequences. The data is being specified.
In the central direction of the NKR, the enemy tried to breach the defensive line by attacking towards Martuni - Chartar, using artillery support. The Armenian forces did not retreat, there are no positional changes in this sector of the front.
In the villages adjacent to Shushi, to the west of the village of Karmir Shuka, the Artsakh Armed Forces neutralized the enemy grouping and continue to eliminate the infiltrated sabotage groups. Yesterday the enemy armory was destroyed here.
According to the representative of the RA Ministry of Defense, the enemy rarely uses armored vehicles now, as they become easy prey for the Defense Army. Mainly uses artillery and air. At the same time, Hovhannisyan said that the Artsakh Defense Army is also quite actively using drones, but did not expand on this topic.
Answering the question about the artillery shelling of Azerbaijani cities, Hovhannisyan noted that the Artsakh Defense Army uses it purposefully and hits only military targets. The strikes follow exclusively those firing points from which villages and cities of the republic are fired upon. "If the aggression against the civilian population of Artsakh is carried out from various military facilities located in large cities of Azerbaijan, in particular, from the airports where the equipment belonging to the Azerbaijani air force and the Turkish air force is located, Artsakh has every right to attack and destroy these facilities. This is the legitimate right of Artsakh to protect its population from destruction," Hovhannisyan said. For example, the village of David Bek was subjected to a very intense shelling today. There are casualties among the civilian population. According to him, what kind of peaceful coexistence can be discussed in conditions when the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan annihilates the peaceful inhabitants of Artsakh. After these war crimes it is simply ridiculous to talk about the possibility of joint residence of Azerbaijanis and Artsakh Armenians. The issues of war crimes committed against the peaceful population of Artsakh and the use of prohibited weapons should be in the center of attention of the world community. To recall, today the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have used the so-called phosphorus munitions, also prohibited by international conventions.