The hostilities continue intensively in various directions of the front line. Vahram Poghosyan, the spokesman for the President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), on Thursday morning wrote this on Facebook.

"The [Artsakh] Defense Army is fighting especially fierce battles in Avetaranots, Sghnakh, and Aknaghbyur [villages’] section of Askeran Region. The enemy has great losses of manpower," Poghosyan added.