All the bodies of dead Azerbaijani serviceman that were left behind on Artsakhi territories had syringes in the pockets of their gear, Artsakh’s presidential spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan told a news briefing.
An Azerbaijani military drone breached the airspace of Artsakh and was operating above the civilian residential district of the town of Askeran. The UAV was shot down by the Artsakh military.
Artsakh authorities say the situation at the line of contact with Azerbaijan was “relatively calm” overnight September 30-October 1.
Finally, our diplomacy has recorded a major victory, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on Facebook.
Amid the ongoing Azeri attacks, the Artsakh Defense Ministry said that “relatively stable tensions” maintained overnight September 30-October 1 at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone.
The death toll of civilians in Artsakh has reached 7, including two children, as Azeri forces continue to deliberately bombard civilian settlements.
Today Azerbaijan employed Turkish F-16 multifunctional aircrafts in the northeastern and then southern directions of the Defense Army of Artsakh, Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
Azerbaijani forces continued attacking Artsakh at the entire length of the line of contact overnight September 29-30 but with lesser intensity than the previous day, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said at a news conference.
The Turkish air force appeared in Azerbaijan during the large-scale Turkish-Azerbaijani military drills held from July 29 to August 13 and, since then, has not been withdrawn from Azerbaijan, Armenia’s foreign ministry said in a statement, commenting on the Turkish involvement to ongoing Azerbaijani military operations against Artsakh and Armenia.
The Azerbaijani Air Force is delivering air strikes at Artsakh Defense Army positions, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said. She said Turkish-made combat UAVs are also deployed by the Azeri forces.
