Secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh Samvel Babayan says 10 serviceman of the Artsakh military have been killed in the Azerbaijani attack.
The Artsakh Defense Ministry says the battles continue along the entire line of contact with Azerbaijan.
Armenia is expected to convene a Security Council meeting and then the government will discuss the potential declaration of martial law and partial mobilization, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
Azerbaijani losses amid its attack on Artsakh comprise 2 helicopters, 14 UAVs and an unspecified number of armored equipment.
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President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan has declared martial law and universal mobilization.
Up to 10000 civilians across Armenia have contacted district military commissariats asking to be recruited as volunteers and join the troops amid the massive Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh.
In the early morning of September 27, Azerbaijan launched large-scale air and artillery strikes to the Artsakh-Azerbaijani contact line and numerous civilian settlements and infrastructure, including capital Stepanakert. There are civilian casualties and destructions.
Dear sisters and brothers in Artsakh, in the Motherland and in the Diaspora, I am hereby congratulating all of you on the pan-Armenian holiday – Artsakh Independence Day.
’The front line units of the Defense Army continue keeping full control of the situation and confidently carry out protection of the borders of the country’’, reads the statement.
