The Armenian Defense Ministry released images of what’s left from a 122mm shell that was fired at the town of Vardenis in Armenia.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have resorted to destroying the kind of civilian infrastructures that could lead to an environmental disaster, the Armenian military said.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to cease fire in Nagorno Karabakh, TASS reports.
Today (On October 2), Azerbaijan shelled the City of Hadrut in Artsakh with two Smerch rockets. As a result of the shelling by cluster munition, the civilian population was harmed.
Artsakh (Karabakh) capital city of Stepanakert was bombarded by Azerbaijani forces in the morning of October 3.
President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan met with servicemen of the Defense Army’s special units at night before heading to the frontline.
The Co-Chairs strongly condemn the continued violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone as well as against targets in the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan away from the Line of Contact, and express our alarm at reports of increasing civilian casualties. Targeting or threatening civilians is never acceptable under any circumstances. The Co-Chairs call on the sides to observe fully their international obligations to protect civilian populations.
Persistent and fierce battles are underway in the northern and southern directions of the Artsakh border, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said, adding that the Azerbaijani side has started an attack, concentrating major forces in these two wings.
The Artsakh (Karabakh) Defense Army shot down three Azerbaijani military aircraft in between 08:25-08:46 October 3, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
President of Artsakh (Karabakh) Arayik Harutyunyan announced he is personally heading to the frontline to fight against the Azerbaijani ongoing aggression.
