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30 June 2018, 21:44

Nagorno-Karabakh counts 150 shelling episodes from Azerbaijan during a week

On June 24-30, militaries of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired about 1500 rounds, thus, violating the truce in the conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 17-23, the Karabakh MoD counted 150 cases of shelling of its positions by Azerbaijan.

Over the last week, Azerbaijani militaries also violated the truce for 150 times, says the website of the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh; only small firearms were used.

Besides, the movement of Azerbaijani militaries and military equipment was recorded at various sections of the frontline.

In its turn, Azerbaijan also regularly reported about the violation of the ceasefire by Armenian militaries. Only over the past 24 hours, Baku counted 86 such episodes.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 30, 2018 at 14:48 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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