“Finally, good news. Armenian units have made major advancements in some sections of the frontline, liberating new positions and frontiers. Long live Armenian soldiers”, Hovhannisyan wrote.
Photos taken by photographer of Photolure agency Hakop Poghosyan show cruel scenes of Talish village of Artsakh, which was under the control of Azerbaijani army for a single day and destroyed the civilian population.
According to official Baku, 21 is equal to 12. To conceal its own losses, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry turns out to be applying the simple trick of swapping the figures and representing 21 casualties it suffered in only one battle as 12.
Clashes on the line of contact of Karabakh-Azerbaijan opposing armies continue. Another tank has been destroyed by the Defence army during the military operations in the north-eastern direction, a MM-21 (Grad) multiple rocket launcher has been destroyed in the northern direction, 1 unit engineering techniques, 1 unmanned aerial vehicle has been destroyed in Martakert direction. Further information on developments on the frontline will be provided in the upcoming press releases.”
“First, as just noted, renewed armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia causes a new headache for Turkish President Erdogan, which Putin has been keen to do since Turkey shot down a Russian military aircraft on November 24 that was violating Turkish airspace. Second, the violence erupted just one day after Presidents Aliyev and Sargsyan met separately with U.S. Vice President Biden in a meeting many observers hoped would reenergize the Minsk Group. Instead, the worst clashes since the war in the early 1990’s occur simultaneously with this promising meeting in the White House on the margins of a larger gathering hosted by President Obama, whose invitation Russian President Putin refused to accept. “
The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army is ready to discuss the cease-fire proposal in the context of the recovery of the initial positions.
Armenia First Deputy Defense Minister noted in his speech that the Armenian side is ready for any kind of development and if necessary – up to direct military support for NKR protection.
The situation all along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces continues to remain tense. The most intense battles are taking place in the northeastern and southeastern directions.
“Reality is different. Throughout recent 24 hours Azerbaijan announced twice on highest level that suspends fire, but it still continues its terror acts. This is typical to Azerbaijan and this is speculation. We always said, we are ready for normal constructive dialogue and peaceful settlement of the conflict, however, this doesn’t mean, we are weak and aren’t able to defend our independence, freedom and dignity,” NKR President Press Secretary told.
2 more adversary tanks and a battle vehicle were destroyed today in the south-eastern direction. Overall, the Azerbaijani forces lost 14 tanks and more than 5 other military equipments, including a battle vehicle; 168.am was informed by the Press Service of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry.
