STEPANAKERT. – Press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army publicized the photos of the Defense Army vehicle that was damaged as a result of a grenade launcher which the Azerbaijani armed forces used, from late Thursday night to early Friday morning.   

As reported earlier, the adversary violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces more than 50 times, from late Thursday night to early Friday morning.

During this time the Azerbaijani armed forces fired around 1,800 shots toward the Armenian position-holders, and by way of various caliber weapons.

More intensive ceasefire violations were recorded in a northerly and northeasterly direction of the line of contact, where the adversary fired 155 shots from large-caliber machine guns, and 109 shots from long-range sniper rifles. In addition, the Azerbaijani army fired one grenade from an automatic grenade launcher, in a northerly direction.

In addition, NKR Defense Army serviceman Hayk Hambardzumyan, who is born in 1996, sustained a gunshot wound on Friday at around 8:30am.

The soldier was wounded at a protection area of a Defense Army unit located in a southerly direction, and as a result of the shots fired by the Azerbaijani armed forces.