Baku/19.02.22/Turan: On February 18, starting at 22.30, for no reason, the units of the Armenian armed forces opened fire from small arms on the positions of the Azerbaijani army near the village of Munjuglu in the Tovuz region. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, distributed late in the evening on February 18.
The units of the Azerbaijani army took retaliatory measures.
The Azerbaijani side has no losses among the personnel and military equipment. At present, the situation in this direction is stable, the operational situation is fully controlled by the Azerbaijani side, according to the press release of the Ministry of Defense.-0-
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