The resumption of large-scale hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone poses a huge risk to the current Azerbaijani regime as it is not clear how all this will end for Baku, Thomas Waal, a senior associate with Carnegie Europe, said today while participating via video from London in a press conference in Yerevan.

According to Thomas de Waal, he does not believe that Azerbaijan has great military potential to start a war. Besides, it is unclear how the Russian side will react, the analyst said adding that although the situation is worsening in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani side openly uses mortars and rockets.

In his opinion, the situation may negatively impact a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

The press service of Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh Republic reported that around 5:30 pm on September 25 Azerbaijani troops fired shells from Turkish-made TR-107 rocket launcher at an Armenian position in the northeastern direction. 4 servicemen of the NKR Defense Army died. Another 16 servicemen received wounds and were hospitalized.