The Azerbaijani armed forces are attempting to invade the town of Hadrut in Artsakh, the Artsakh presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The Artsakh Defense Ministry announced on October 12 that the Defense Army continues the countermeasures on blocking and neutralizing the Turkish-backed Azeri raid team that infiltrated in the direction of Hadrut.
The Azerbaijani side has suffered huge losses both in the manpower and the military equipment after the failure of its encroachments against the Artsakh frontline overnight October 11-12.
The overnight situation at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact was “relatively stable and tense”, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said. However, the Azeri forces are again breaching the ceasefire.
On October 8, the Azerbaijani armed forces struck two targeted blows upon the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in the city of Shushi in Artsakh, causing great destruction and injuries to children, women and the elderly in the cathedral at that time. Three Russian journalists were injured by the rocket strikes.
The Azerbaijani forces have ignored the agreed cessation of hostilities from 12:00 October 10 and have launched an attack at 12:05 in the direction of a position known as Karakhambeyli, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The agreement on declaring a cessation of hostilities for humanitarian purposes in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact entered force 12:00, October 10.
The Azerbaijani military has hit the town of Kapan in Armenia with a missile strike, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said midday October 10.
The Azerbaijani military are trying to use the little time left until the planned ceasefire takes effect 12:00 October 10, but the Artsakh Defense Army is fulfilling its mission, Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
The Moscow agreements on cessation of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be the first step towards the lasting ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh, former US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Professor at the Kentucky University, Kerry Kavano said, RIA Novosti reports.
