STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire on the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces around 1,200 times, from January 11 to 17.

During this time, more than 12,000 shots were fired in the direction of Armenian military positions, and by way of different-caliber rifle weaponry, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army reported.

Aside from the aforesaid violations, special forces from the Azerbaijani army also made sabotage infiltration attempts in the northeasterly and easterly directions of the Line of Contact, the NKR MOD press service informed.

As a result of the operative actions by the Defense Army vanguard units, however, the advancement of these special forces was halted, and they suffered losses as they were pushed back to their original positions.

The vanguard units of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army control the state border entrusted to them, and they stand ready to deal a corresponding blow to the provocative actions of the adversary.