Azerbaijan attempts sabotage infiltration in line of contact overnight

Azerbaijan carried out sabotage infiltration attempts on October 20 at 23:00-23:30 in the eastern and southern directions of the Nagorno KarabakhAzerbaijan line of contact, the Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh informed. The ministry’s announcement reads:

“On October 20, at 23:00-23:00, Azerbaijan carried out sabotage infiltration attempts in the eastern and southern directions of the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact. The Defense Army units detected the advance of the Azerbaijani special forces in time and pushed them back to their starting positions by inflicting losses.

During the confrontation with the sabotage unit the Defense Army did not sustain losses. In addition to the sabotage infiltration attempts, overnight October 20-21 Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire regime more than 50 times, firing around 2800 shots at Armenian positions from various caliber small arms.

Azerbaijani forces also used a DShK heavy machine gun in the southern directions, firing 200 shots.

The Defense Army continues maintaining full supervision in the frontline and are ready to prevent any provocative action of Azerbaijan, by inflicting a heavy blow.”