ArmInfo. The operational-tactical situation after the incidents in the border zone is stable at the moment. This is stated in the message of the Artsakh Defense Army circulated on October 15.
"The Armenian side has neither positional nor territorial losses," the NKR Defense Army noted, adding that the command of the Defense Army, together with the Artsakh authorities, is working with the Russian peacekeeping command for further de-escalating the situation.
In turn, Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan urged to refrain from spreading disinformation and the temptation to become a source of "scandalous" information.
"Apart from the six mentioned wounded, there are no other wounded or injured. At that time, six servicemen were at the post, all of them were injured, three more were outside the post, they were not injured, "Beglaryan wrote on his Facebook page. "As reported by the Defense Army, in the evening of October 14, the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire on the combat post of the Defense Army base located on the eastern border of the Republic of Artsakh, as a result of which six servicemen were injured. Together with the Minister of Health, I visited the Stepanakert Military Hospital and the Republican Medical Center. After certain examinations of the study, the doctors assured that the condition of the two wounded servicemen is serious, fortunately, there was no threat to their lives, "he said.
At the same time, Beglaryan stated that according to the data of the Defense Army, shooting was recorded in some areas of the contact line, but there were no other consequences. Now the situation has stabilized along the entire line of contact.
"The political and military leadership of Artsakh is taking urgent measures to stabilize the situation, making the necessary decisions and interacting with the relevant parties. I ask our compatriots to be calm, not to succumb to false information and gossip. The relevant authorities will provide operational and regular information on the further development of the situation>, the Minister of State summed up. As ArmInfo previously reported, with reference to the Defense Army, on the evening of October 14, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire on a combat post deployed in the eastern direction of the Republic of Artsakh. As a result of the shelling, six servicemen received gunshot wounds.