The Azerbaijani armed forces are bombarding a number of villages of Martuni region, including the village of Karmir Shuka, with the Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh said.
The “relatively stable-tense” situation remained unchanged at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone overnight October 22-23, the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said in a news release.
The working visit of Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to the United States of America has commenced.
Congressman Brad Sherman urges the United States to send the following message to Azerbaijan that if the offensive continues, the U.S. is ready to recognize the independence of Artsakh.
Russian President Vladimir Putin personally does everything possible to bring Yerevan and Baku to the peaceful settlement course over the situation in Nagorno Karabakh through political-diplomatic means, Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said live on Chanel One Russia, RIA Novosti reports.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh said today that 40 more of its servicemen have been killed in action in the defensive operations against the attacks of the Azerbaijani side.
The City of Fowler of the US state of California has officially recognized Artsakh as an independent country and has called on the US President and Congress to do the same.
The Armenian Ministry of Defense is denying the Azerbaijani authorities’ claims alleging Armenia has fired ballistic missiles in the direction of Gabala and Kurdamir. Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan called the allegations “utter nonsense and a cynic lie.”
The Azerbaijani armed forces are firing artillery strikes at the town of Martuni and nearby villages, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh said.
The situation at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone overnight October 21-22 was “relatively stable-tense”, with artillery battles resuming in individual parts amid the Azerbaijani attacks, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said.
