STEPANAKERT. – Two military servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army were killed as a result of shootings by Azerbaijan.   

Press service of NKR Ministry of Defense has released a statement, in which it is said the adversary continues violating the ceasefire. 

As a result, Armenian soldiers Vahe Vanoyan (born in 1995) and Mikayel Torosyan (born in 1996) sustained fatal gunshot wounds from the shots fired by Azerbaijan, on Thursday at around 9pm.

They were fatally wounded at the military base of the protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit, which is stationed in a southerly direction.

An investigation is underway to find out the details of this incident.