STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire on the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces around 1,200 times, from February 1 to 7.

During this time, more than 17,000 shots were fired in the direction of Armenian military positions, and by way of rifle weaponry, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army reported.

The Defense Army vanguard units, however, adequately responded to the aggressive actions of the adversary, and continued to confidently carry out their military watch along the entire length of the Line of Contact, the NKR MOD press service informed.

In addition, the Defense Army vanguard divisions took retaliatory actions throughout the week and, as a result, the Azerbaijani side suffered human casualties and material damage.