The Azerbaijani military has bombarded the town of Martakert in Artsakh with rocket-artillery strikes and air force, the Artsakh Ministry of Defense said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone conversations with Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan and Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov, RIA Novosti reports citing the Russian defense ministry.
The Air Defense Forces of the Artsakh Defense Army have shot down an Azerbaijani SU-25 attack aircraft that was deployed by the Azeri military in the ongoing offensive on Artsakh, Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Azerbaijani military has hit an on-duty military equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces deployed in the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the area bordering Karvajar, the Defense Ministry of Armenia said.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan will address a video message in coming hours, his spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The 47th Vice President of the United States and 2020 candidate for President of the United States Joe Biden has issued a statement over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, calling on the Trump Administration to tell Azerbaijan that the United States will not “tolerate its efforts to impose a military solution.”
