The Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported that the Armenian military suffered losses during the armed conflict on the border with Azerbaijan. Kommersant reports.
There are dead and wounded, Azerbaijani troops are attacking civilian infrastructure, Yerevan claims.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan also reported about the losses of personnel among the Azerbaijani military.
Escalation between the Armenian and Azerbaijani military took place on September 13 at 00.05 local time. The units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened «intense fire in the direction of the cities of Goris, Sotk and Jermuk using artillery, large-caliber and small arms.»
Baku said the shelling was a response to «provocations» by the Armenian military, who had reportedly planted explosives on the supply lines for Azerbaijani troops a day earlier.
«The last large-scale provocation was initiated by the armed forces of Azerbaijan. There are casualties and wounded on the Armenian side,» Aram Torosyan, spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia was put on high alert on Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
According to the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan, units of the Armenian Armed Forces deployed in the direction of the settlements of Basarkecher, Istisu, Garakils and Goris fired from various weapons, including mortars, at some positions, shelters and strongholds of the Azerbaijani army on the territory of Dashkesan, Kalbajar and Lachin districts.
«As a result, there are losses among the personnel, damage to the military infrastructure has been caused,» the ministry said.
After the escalation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan called the Russian and French Presidents Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron and the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
