STEPANAKERT. – An increase in tension was registered at night at the line of contact between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Karabakh.

The Azerbaijani side violated ceasefire more than 70 times, from late Thursday night to early Friday morning.

During this time the Azerbaijani armed forces fired over 1,000 shots toward the Karabakh position-holders from sniper rifles, mortars and grenade launchers, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. The Azerbaijani armed forces fired from sniper rifles, 60 mm mortars and grenade launchers.

 The Azerbaijani armed forces intensively fired especially in the eastern and south and south-eastern directions of the line of contact where 34 mortars were used.

The NKR Defense Army vanguard units respond in case of strict necessity.