STEPANAKERT. – The adversary violated the ceasefire at the contact zone between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces around 170 times, from January 6 to 12.

During this time the Azerbaijan armed forces fired more than 1,100 shots toward the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR) military positions, and with various-caliber rifle weapons, the Artsakh Ministry of Defense (MOD) informed.

Vanguard units of the Artsakh Defense Army, however, refrained from taking actions in response, and they took necessary steps to unfailingly maintain their combat positions.