Around 03:40 at night, positions of the RA Armed Forces noticed enemy movement. Switching to all-around defense Armenian units prevented the enemy’s attempt of infiltration.
After a hot battle, the enemy was thwarted back suffering losses.
Afterwards, at 05:20 the Azerbaijani units started shelling the villages of Aygepar, Movses, using mortars and a D-30 howitzer. The fire still continues.
Armenian Armed Forces units are neutralizing provocations of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
This is the first serious violation of the fragile ceasefire established yesterday at 00:15
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The Armenian side has no casualties as a result of operations carried out today in the north-eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.
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The Minister of Defense David Tonoyan contacted with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Davit Tonoyan briefed him about the situation on the RA state border since 03:40 and noted that the Azerbaijani side has several casualties, both injured and killed.
The Minister of Defense informed that encroachments of the Azerbaijani side on the borders of the Republic of Armenia are being defeated by all available forces and means.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Shushan Stepanyan
