Azerbaijan holds massive training flights near Karabakh frontline

Azerbaijan holds massive training flights near Karabakh frontline
July 13, 2016 - 12:21 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Starting from 8:26 am, on Wednesday, July 13, Azerbaijan has been holding training flights with helicopters and planes 30 km deep behind the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh.

As of 11:00 am, 12 planes and 41 helicopters were involved in the process.

The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army said its air defense units keep the Azerbaijani military training flights under control via radars and monitoring systems.

26 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered along the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh on the night of July 12-13.

Azeri troops, in particular, used various caliber firearms to fire over 250 shots towards the Armenian positions, also employing a 60-mm mortar in the northeaster direction.

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