The Armenian Defense Ministry reports that a firefight is taking place at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will address the nation at 17:30, he said on Facebook.
The Artsakh Defense Army has destroyed a “large formation of armored [Azeri] hardware that was preparing an attack, significant quantity of ammunition and personnel,” Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Artsakh Defense Army reports an additional 51 of its troops were killed in action amid the Azeri attacks.
Armenian armed forces destroyed Azerbaijani-Turkish mercenaries
The Defense Army of Artsakh has released footage showing the destruction of Azerbaijani hardware and how the adversary forces are retreating.
Having discussed the aggression unleashed by the Republic of Azerbaijan against the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Republic of Artsakh), the Political Science Association of Armenia adopted an appeal to the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing states on
Ethnic Armenian lawmaker of the Turkish parliament Garo Paylan says the Turkish authorities are openly conducting a war propaganda, calling it a great crime.
Azerbaijani forces are firing cluster rockets from LAR-160 multiple rocket launchers at the civilian population of Artsakh, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.
The Defense Army of Artsakh has succeeded in thwarting a large-scale Azerbaijani offensive today, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.