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.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh said that an additional 28 of its troops have been killed in action amid the Azerbaijani attacks.
After the announcement of a ceasefire starting 12:00 October 10 following the Armenian and Azerbaijan foreign ministers’ negotiations brokered by Russia, the situation at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact was “relatively stable-tense”, the Artsakh Defense Ministry said.
The Azerbaijani military have bombed the village of Artsvanik in the Province of Syunik of the Republic of Armenia with a combat drone, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
Air raid sirens are activated in Stepanakert City, the capital of Artsakh that has been heavily damaged from multiple Azeri bombardments during the past two weeks.
