Tuesday, September 19 2023 17:37

ArmInfo.. Azerbaijan launched aggression against Artsakh.

Thus, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan tried to present the next  stage of their aggression, presenting as an argument, allegedly "the  shelling of Azerbaijani positions by the Defense Ministry of Artsakh"  and "mining of territories". The AR Ministry of Defense stated that  the work on engineering improvement of combat positions by the NKR  Defense Army, as well as the increase in the number of trenches and  bunkers in recent months caused even more tension.

"There is also a strengthening of combat positions with personnel,  armored vehicles, artillery installations and other fire weapons,  bringing units to a high level of combat readiness, creating  additional mobilization units, expanding reconnaissance activities  against units of the Azerbaijani army," stated the Azerbaijani  Ministry of Defense, talking nonsense about the alleged penetration  of Artsakh DA units deep into Azerbaijani positions and mining of  roads.

<On September 19, civilian residents were killed as a result of the  explosion of a mine previously planted by the Armenian armed forces'  reconnaissance and sabotage groups on the Ahmedbeyli-Fuzuli-Shushi  highway in the Karabakh economic region of Azerbaijan.

<On September 19, as a result of the explosion of a mine on the  Ahmedbeyli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway, previously installed for "terrorist  purposes" by reconnaissance and sabotage groups of the Armenian armed  forces in the Karabakh economic region of Azerbaijan, civilians were  killed and a car belonging to the State Agency of Highways of  Azerbaijan was destroyed. On the same day, as a result of the  explosion of a vehicle transporting servicemen of the Internal Troops  of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on a mine laid by a  reconnaissance and sabotage group of the Armenian armed forces, our  servicemen were killed and wounded. Such facts are a continuation of  the purposeful and systematic terrorist policy of Armenia carried out  against Azerbaijan," they said in Azerbaijan, forgetting to point out  that the incident took place 15 km from the contact line, and their  statements are simply nonsense that does not stand up to any  criticism.

Then the AR Ministry of Defense remembered the tripartite statement  of November 9, 2020,  and declared their intention to ensure the  implementation of their provisions and the liquidation of the Artsakh  Defense Army by carrying out "anti-terrorism measures of a local  nature."

"The positions of the Armenian armed forces formations, their  long-term firing points, as well as military means and military  facilities are being hit as part of the operations of using  high-precision weapons on the front line and in the depths. Once  again, we declare that the civilian population and civil  infrastructural objects are not targeted, only legitimate military  targets are destroyed," the AR Ministry of Defense said.

It is also emphasized that the command of the peacekeeping contingent  of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the Turkish-Russian  Monitoring Center were informed about the ongoing activities.  As  ArmInfo previously reported, the enemy side is currently shelling  Stepanakert and its environs.