Two servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces – Major Garush Hambardzumyan and Captain Sos Elbakyan, were fatally wounded by the shot fired from the Azerbaijani side at the north-eastern section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
Deputy defense minister of Azerbaijan Karim Valiyev announced that Major-General of the Azerbaijani army Hashimov Polad has died in the clashes on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
The entrance of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Paris, France, has been colored with the notes “No to War”, “Stop Aliyev”, Zartonk Media reports.
339 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 32,490, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.
Armenia’s defense ministry has released a footage, showing the units of the Armenian Armed Forces destroying the Azerbaijani military bases which shelled the border settlements of Tavush province.
The Azerbaijani armed forces are firing shots at the Berd community of Armenia’s Tavush province, the community leader Harutyun Manucharyan told Armenpress.
US Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone and Senator Edward J. Markey expressed their support for Armenia and the Armenian people, condemning the recent provocative actions taken by Azerbaijan along the Armenia border.
At night, movement of a tank of the Azerbaijani armed forces has been observed from the Armenian military positions, but it was stopped by the shot fired from the Armenian side, Defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, commented on the fighting along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, presenting the concern of the UN Secretary-General over the incident.
