STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire on the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces around 700 times, from July 12 to 18.

During this time, more than 11,000 shots were fired in the direction of Armenian military positions, and by way of rifle weaponry, grenade launchers and mine throwers, reported the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army.

And the press service of the NKR Ministry of Defense informed that, in addition to the aforesaid ceasefire violations, the Azerbaijan air force conducted training sorties at 10 to 15 km from the frontline. The air defense forces of the NKR Defense Army, however, detected these flights in timely fashion, and kept a close eye on their flight path until landing.