Three servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Defense Army have been injured in intensive Azerbaijani ceasefire violations reported since Friday morning.
The heavy shellings saw the adversary shoot fire from firearms and heavy launchers (122-mm howitzer D-30 аnd 85 mm divisional gun D-44 ), and mortars and grenade launchers of different calibers.
The affected servicemen have been identified as Robert N Gasparyan (48), Hambardzum J Harutyunyan (20) and Vahe G Badalyan (19). All the three have received fragmentary injuries.
The frontline military units of the Defense Army have initiated retaliatory action to suppress the proactive raids.
In an official statement condemning the attacks, Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ministry of Defense blames the Azerbaijani authorities for military actions destabilizing the situation along the Line of Contact.