Russian military expert Pavel Felgenhauer said he thinks the clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan at some level may continue. But it is difficult to say whether there will be an escalation or not, he told NEWS.am.

Felgenhauer said there is always tension between the parties to the conflict and it often escalates into a serious escalation, which has happened recently.

Hundreds of people killed as a result of the conflict, in his estimation, it is not very similar to skirmishes, it is already serious hostilities, but they did not pursue a decisive goal on either side.

"The Armenians didn't try to go on the offensive and liberate Shushi, and the Azerbaijanis didn't seem to intend to march on Yerevan and dictate the terms of the end of the war there either. It seems that neither side has set decisive goals, but some intermediate ones," the expert added.

Felgenhauer believes that the level of fighting was quite serious, although, as far as one can tell, there were no massive movements of troops or serious breakthroughs.

"The level of aggravation in the future will depend on the parties' plans, political intentions, but in general such conflicts do not end so quickly, especially since no political decisions have actually been made. It shows that the situation after the conflict is not much different from the situation before the current aggravation," he said.

The expert reminded that the conflict itself has been going on since the Karabakh movement began in the mid-1980s.

All the serious problems, according to his estimations, are still unresolved, thus, the clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan are inevitable in the future.

Starting from September 13, the Azerbaijani armed forces started intensive shelling of Armenian positions from artillery and large-caliber small arms in the direction of Goris, Sotk and Jermuk. The enemy also used UAVs. Later, Azerbaijan used artillery in other directions as well. Azerbaijan's aggressive actions continued for several days. According to official data, the number of casualties from the Armenian side is 135 people. As a result of the enemy's aggression the civilians suffered and more than 200 civil objects were destroyed. Several thousands of them fled their homes.