Wednesday, August 3 2022 15:11

ArmInfo. The armed forces of Azerbaijan, using combat drones, attacked the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army in the Lachin corridor. According to ArmInfo  sources closely familiar with the situation, fighting is now underway  in the Lachin corridor, there are wounded on the Armenian side.

There is no exact information about the number of enemy losses yet.  Earlier, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces stated that the units of the  Artsakh Defense Army allegedly opened fire on Azerbaijani positions  in the Lachin corridor, as a result of which one Azerbaijani soldier  was killed.

As ArmInfo previously reported with reference to the Artsakh Defense  Army, on August 1, starting at 9:00am, Azerbaijani units resorted to  provocations on a number of sections of the northern and northwestern  border of the Republic of Artsakh, attempting to cross the line of  contact, which were suppressed by the forces of the Defense Army  units Artsakh. 

, the message of the NKR  Defense Ministry said. 

Mass media reports that fighting was also taking place on the border  with Armenia in the direction of Syunik and Gegharkunik. Meanwhile,  the Armenian Defense Ministry denied this information. Then ArmInfo  sources familiar with the situation reported that the enemy was  tasked to capture the height in the north-west of the NKR.

Russian peacekeepers immediately left for the scene of the incident.  Also, according to ArmInfo sources, Turkish-made Bayraktar drones  violated the airspace of Artsakh 4 times on March 1.

The situation continues to be tense to this day.

We also add that in this way, most likely, Azerbaijan is trying to  force Armenia to start building an alternative route to the Lachin corridor.