The Armenian government has applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) requesting to apply an interim measure against Turkey.
Minister of Defense of Armenia Davit Tonoyan has warned that if the Artsakh civilian settlements are permissible combat operations areas for the Azerbaijani military-political leadership then “shocking consequences” will happen for Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan is bombing various settlements of Artsakh, including the capital Stepanakert with Smerch, Polonez multiple rocket launchers, various missile systems for several days. UAVs continue circulating in the air of Stepanakert, President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan said live on Facebook, adding that in response to this, the respective units of the Artsakh armed forces fired a rocket salvo for the first time by his order.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s Assistant Hikmat Hajiyev has accidentally confirmed Turkey’s direct participation in the Azerbaijani war of aggression against Artsakh.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces are again bombarding Stepanakert city, the capital of Artsakh.
Hence by using cluster-warhead LAR-160 and Smerch missiles Azerbaijan is systematically committing grave breaches of international humanitarian law, demonstrating a blatant disregard for its human rights obligations.
President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan says he has ordered the Artsakh military to stop firing at military facilities of Ganja in order to avoid possible innocent victims among the civilian population of the Azeri city.
The Artsakh Defense Army units have inflicted heavy hardware losses to the Azerbaijani forces in the southern direction on October 4.
