The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact over 220 times in the past week, the country’s defense ministry reported on Saturday. In the period from May 26 to June 1, the adversary fired around 3,500 shots towards the Armenian defense positions from firearms of different calibers, the ministry added.
“It is noteworthy that 80 out of the total ceasefire violations occurred on the night of May 31 to June 1 when the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired 2350 shots, mostly from snipers and large caliber weapons. As a result of this, on June 1, at 07:30 am, a soldier the Defense Army located in southeastern (Martuni) direction Sipan Serjik Melkonyan, born in 2000received a fatal gunshot, “ the ministry said in a statement.
It added the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh shared the grief and loss of the family members, at the same time adding the provocation of the adversary will not go unpunished and have painful consequences.
Source Panorama.am
