The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday informed about an exchange of fire in Shushi region of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

"No considerable violations of the ceasefire regime were observed yesterday.

At the same time, at 5:45pm on August 9, an exchange of fire with firearms took place near Shushi between the armed units of Nagorno-Karabakh and the armed forces of Azerbaijan. The shooting was stopped due to the efforts of the Russian peacekeepers; there are no affected.

Clarifications on the fact are being made—with the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides—by the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent," the respective statement reads.