The operational situation along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces remained the same, from late Thursday night to early Friday morning.

During this time the adversary violated the verbal agreement to cease fire more than 60 times along the entire frontline, and by way of rifle, sniper, and mortar weaponry.

The situation was most troubled in the northerly (Gyulistan), northeasterly (Talish-Martakert), easterly (Martuni) and southerly (Hadrut) directions of the zone of contact, where the Azerbaijani side, aside from rifle weaponry, also fired from mortars and a grenade launcher.

The most recent ceasefire violations by the adversary are gradually turning into incidents, as a result of which there are casualties, too.

The respective proof is the case of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army serviceman Manvel Grigoryan, who sustained a fatal gunshot wound on Thursday at around 11:20pm, in the direction of Martuni, and as a result of a shot fired by the adversary.

Given this fact, vanguard units of the NKR Defense Army perform their military tasks in line with the development of events, and they confidently defend Artsakh borders.

The Azerbaijani side bears the full accountability for the consequences resultant of the incidents occurring on the frontline.