STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces 18 times, from late Monday night to early Tuesday morning.

During this time the Azerbaijani armed forces fired around 90 shots toward the Armenian position-holders, and by way of rifle weaponry, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

But the NKR Defense Army vanguard units maintained the truce for the most part, and they took actions in response solely when absolutely necessary.