Karabakh rebuffs attempted Azerbaijani incursion: Armenian forces suffer no causalities
The Defense Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic says its forces repulsed another Azerbaijani attempt to infiltrate the border yesterday. According to the report, the incident took place at 11:20 p.m. in the southeastern direction of the frontline. The advanced units of the NKR Defense Army timely spotted the advancement of an Azerbaijani reconnaissance-sabotage group and threw the latter back to its positions, inflicting at least two losses on the enemy, the NKR Defense Ministry’s press service says. The Ministry says that Armenian forces suffered no causalities. The NKR Defense Ministry also says that in the period of March 10-11, Azerbaijani troops fired more than 5500 shots at Armenian positions using firearms of different calibers, including mortars and grenade launchers. In addition, the enemy made use of reactive rocket propelled howitzers. The Ministry condemns Azerbaijan’s continuing aggression along the Line of Contact, describing the recent incident as unprecedented since the signing of the 1994 ceasefire. “The only conclusion to be drawn from such a proactive raid is that the adversary wants to destabilize the situation in the conflict zone, a licentious tactics which is fraught with unpredictable aftermaths,” the NKR Defense Ministry said adding that its advanced units resorted to corresponding actions to suppress the enemy’s aggressive activity.
