Artillery Duel in Northern Karabakh
On April 26 from 01.05 to 04.25, Armenian military units fired from 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, 122-mm howitzers and multiple rocket launchers BM-21 at the town of Terter, the Terter district, and the village Gapanli.
The Army of Azerbaijan inflicted an adequate retaliatory strike on military targets of the enemy, said the Defense Ministry's press service.
In turn, the Armenian side claims that as a result of firing from the Azerbaijani side, two Armenian servicemen on contract were killed. The multiple rocket launchers BM-21 Hailstorm dealt a blow to the district center Mardakert (Agdara) and the village Madaghiz. -02D-
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