Armenians fired at Azerbaijani positions in Kalbajar and Khojaly - Ministry of Defense
Baku/17.09.23/Turan: On September 17, from 00:20 to 00:40, units of the Armenian armed forces fired small arms at the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the direction of the settlements of Demirchidam and Istisu in the Kalbajar region.
And at 00:50, illegal Armenian armed formations in Karabakh fired small arms at Azerbaijani positions in the Khojaly region.
Units of the Azerbaijan Army took adequate response measures in these directions, reports the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense.
In addition, from 00:55 to 03:00, illegal Armenian armed formations in Karabakh attempted to dig new trench roads in order to approach the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the Kalbajar and Aghdam directions.
As a result of urgent measures taken by units of the Azerbaijani Army, the ongoing work was immediately stopped.
The separatists deny these reports from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense and claim that their positions in the Shusha region were fired upon.—06B-
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