Baku/16.10.22/Turan: On October 15 from 15:20 to 18:00, and during the night of October 16, the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the directions of the Yenikend and Yukhari Shorzha settlements of the Basarkechar region, Garashen settlement of the Gorus region, and Chinarli settlement of the Tovuzgala region using various caliber weapons periodically subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions, stationed in the directions of the Jamilli and Mollabayramli settlements of the Kalbajar region, Husulu settlement of the Lachin region, as well as Kokhanabi settlement of the Tovuz region.
The Azerbaijan Army Units stationed in these directions took adequate retaliatory measures. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
The Armenian side did not disseminate reports of skirmishes at the border.—06B-
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