“We do not consider that military operations launched unexpectedly. It was expected. And happened, what had to happen. However, the ceasefire was also not accidental. The Azerbaijani side suffered many losses. Besides, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia called his counterpart of Armenia and informed that the Azerbaijani side is ready to meet in Moscow with the Armenian side. Of course, support by the international community was also present. Many countries and international organizations made relevant statements.”
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense army destroyed another Unmanned Aerial Vehicle of the adversary at 11pm yesterday.
Armenian National Teams’ and “Borussia” Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan played with plenty of thought about his motherland. In yesterday’s match with Liverpool, Mkhitaryan appeared with an armband of our flag’s colors.
Senor Hasratyan, Press Speaker of NKR Defense Ministry, told 168.am that an agreement was reached to strictly keep ceasefire regime in the southern and northern parts of Karabakh-Azerbaijani Line of Contact.
The adversary continued violating the ceasefire agreement throughout last night, as a result of which the Armenian side sustained casualties.Azerbaijan continued violating the ceasefire agreement in the early morning of April 8, during which Azerbaijan fired various caliber weapons (more than 2000 shots) along the entire line of contact, and also 60mm mortars. Heavy violations took place in the northern direction (Talish), as a result of which Private Hrach Muradyan (born 1983) was killed and others were wounded.
Press service of NKR Ministry of Defense has informed a while ago, that unmanned aerial vehicle of the adversary has been destroyed.
Azerbaijani groups comprised of up to 15 soldiers tried to attack and occupy two Armenian positions in the northern section of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact . Viktor Arustamyan, NKR Defense Army Colonel, informed about this at the press conference in Stepanakert that both attempts of Azerbaijan were failed.
“We deal with a breed, a phenomenon deprived of any elementary and simplest civilization rules and consciousness, which axed a sleeping young man, and its nation declares him a hero…it’s our duty to protect ourselves from them, and the international community, surely, should understand this. Attacking for the second time, Azerbaijan made us take a weapon and protect Karabakh not only as a military victory, but as a diplomatic achievement as well. Against the background of Azerbaijan’s resumption of war, program of Artsakh’s independence obtained more than stable grounding these days.”
Active operations weren’t conducted in the Line of Contact of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan throughout this night upon the agreement reached on April 5 at 12:00.
Relevant military and law-enforcement structures have initiated criminal cases for the crimes perpetrated by soldiers of the Azerbaijani Army. Urgent investigative actions are underway on the battlefield.
