The Azerbaijani armed forces fired Wednesday toward Artur Marutyan, who was bringing cattle down from the Gorhayk hills of Armenia He is from Tegh village, and 30 to 35 years old, Davit Ghulunts, prefect of Tegh, told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

"This morning, Artur Marutyan took the cattle down from the Gorhayk hills. And when he went after the car, the Azerbaijanis fired shots and his head was injured by the explosion of a shell. Artur has been transferred to Yerevan after being operated on in the Sisian [city] hospital. He has regained consciousness," Ghulunts said.

At 12:05am on Tuesday, the armed forces of Azerbaijan began to carry out an aggression—using artillery, large-caliber firearms, and UAVs, too—towards Armenian combat positions in the direction of Goris, Kapan, Sotk, Jermuk, Artanish, and Ishkhanasar settlements of Armenia. The adversary targeted both military and civilian objects, and carried out positional advancement operations in some directions. The Armenian side has 49 casualties and 80 wounded; three of the latter are civilians.

And starting at around 8am on Wednesday, the Azerbaijani army resumed its preemptive operations in Armenia—and using artillery, mortars, and large-caliber firearms—especially towards Jermuk city and Verin Shorzha village. In particular, Azerbaijan used combat drones in the direction of Jermuk.