Soldier has been wounded in Artsakh in unknown circumstances, Armenian defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on Facebook.
On September 22, at around 16:15, the Azerbaijani forces launched a sabotage infiltration attempt in the direction of one of the military units located in the south-eastern section of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
During the period from September 15 to 21 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact over 120 times by firing around 1000 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions.
On September 18, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in the south-east direction of the Martuni region.
At the Artsakh Line of Contact the Azerbaijani troops violated the ceasefire regime 31 times, opening cross-border gunfire at Artsakh’s military positions of Martakert, Martuni, Askeran and Hadrut regions.
Preliminary data from polling stations shows that Davit Sargsyan, the President of the Kickboxing Federation of Artsakh, has been elected to serve as the new Mayor of Stepanakert, the capital city of Artsakh.
During the period from September 1-7 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime over 110 times in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact by firing over 700 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions.
This day is historic for all of us, for Armenia, Artsakh, Diaspora and all Armenians. 28 years ago this day Artsakh was proclaimed a Republic, de facto becoming independent from Soviet Azerbaijan and choosing the path of creating an independent statehood.
Today, September 2, 2019, marks the 28th anniversary of the declaration of independence of Artsakh, formerly known as the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
Armenia’s defense minister Davit Tonoyan on August 30 visited the Defense Army of Artsakh on a working visit.
