STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces 27 times, from late Thursday night to early Friday morning.

During this time the Azerbaijani armed forces fired more than 1,400 shots toward the Armenian position-holders, and by way of rifle and sniper weaponry.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army (NKR/Artsakh DA) informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that, in addition, a group of soldiers of the adversary attempted to advance on Thursday at around 10:45pm, in an easterly (Akn) direction of the line of contact.

“[But] the DA vanguard units undertake operative measures, and prevented the possible actions by the Azerbaijani military servicemen,” the respective statement reads.