Tonight Azerbaijan increased the caliber of ceasefire violation against Armenian armed forces—at this time using also mortars. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Minister of State Artak Beglaryan announced this on Twitter Thursday morning, disseminating the earlier respective statement by the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.

“It means that Baku goes for gradual escalation & provocation of the situation. Impunity always generates new crimes,” Beglaryan added.