 Azerbaijan employs Spike anti-tank missile in Karabakh, misses target April 25, 2016 - 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 120 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani side were registered on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh overnight on April 24-25. Azeri troops used firearms, 60-and 82-mm mortars, an AGS-17 grenade launcher, as well as a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft autocannon along the contact line. Also, the rival employed a Spike anti-tank guided missile in the northeastern (Martakert) direction of the frontline, however, missing the target. The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army units took retaliatory measures to suppress the rival’s attacks.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
