The Azerbaijani military continues to target the civilian population of Artsakh in artillery strikes, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a news conference.
The Artsakh Defense Army forces carry out heroic battles in the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact to suppress the Azerbaijani attacks, Armenian defense ministry representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said during a press conference.
The Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) military says 15 more of its troops have been killed amid the Azerbaijani attack.
Military operations resumed overnight amid the ongoing Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh. Armenian Defense Ministry representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said on social media that the Artsakh military have significant successes in the operations.
The Azerbaijani armed forces applied artillery, armored vehicles and TOS multiple rocket launcher at the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact, Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
“Analysis of the collected data proves that the Azerbaijani military deliberately targeted the civilian population, which constituted a gross violation of international humanitarian law. The Human Rights Defender calls on the international community to give respective assessment to the Azerbaijani actions, moreover during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh Samvel Babayan says 10 serviceman of the Artsakh military have been killed in the Azerbaijani attack.
Armenia is expected to convene a Security Council meeting and then the government will discuss the potential declaration of martial law and partial mobilization, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
A woman and a child have been killed in Martuni region amid the ongoing Azerbaijani military attack on Artsakh, Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan said.
In the early morning of September 27, Azerbaijan launched large-scale air and artillery strikes to the Artsakh-Azerbaijani contact line and numerous civilian settlements and infrastructure, including capital Stepanakert. There are civilian casualties and destructions.
