The Air Defense Forces of the Artsakh Defense Army have shot down an Azerbaijani SU-25 attack aircraft that was deployed by the Azeri military in the ongoing offensive on Artsakh, Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Azerbaijani military has hit an on-duty military equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces deployed in the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the area bordering Karvajar, the Defense Ministry of Armenia said.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan will address a video message in coming hours, his spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The 47th Vice President of the United States and 2020 candidate for President of the United States Joe Biden has issued a statement over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, calling on the Trump Administration to tell Azerbaijan that the United States will not “tolerate its efforts to impose a military solution.”
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) call on the Nagorno Karabakh conflicting sides to implement the humanitarian ceasefire immediately.
The United States has called on to cease the fire in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone.
The Azerbaijani military-political leadership continues committing and concealing war crimes in the large-scale war it unleashed against Artsakh from September 27, the Artsakh Defense Army said in a statement.
Russia’s defense ministry is showing active participation to the stabilization of the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, the ministry said, reports TASS.
The Azerbaijani military continues grossly violating the humanitarian ceasefire and has launched a renewed massive attack from the morning of October 13 at the entire length of the frontline, Artsakh presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The Azerbaijani military continued targeting peaceful settlements of Artsakh and shelled the towns of Askeran, Martuni and Martakert overnight October 12-13, Artsakh presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.