Azerbaijan escalates situation on contact line, spreads misinformation

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani armed forces fired over 850 shots from various caliber firearms on the night of March 8-9, the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army says.

Karabakh troops continue controlling the situation along the contact line and protecting their positions.

Rejecting the confidence-building mechanisms proposed by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, not only does Azerbaijan escalate the situation on the contact line, but it also spreads misinformation, claiming that the Armenian side opens fire on Azerbaijani civilians, “wary of even a flock of sheep,” a report from Karabakh said.

In the statement, the Artsakh Defense Army noted it has sympathy for Azerbaijani people, who have for 20 years been obliged to carry the heavy burden of the Aliyev clan. And as for the sheep, Karabakh said, this is not the first time the rival compares its own soldiers to sheep, with Internet videos confirming the aforesaid.

Azerbaijani troops initiated a subversive attack on Tuesday, March 8, at around 11:20 pm.

Having timely identified the rival groups, Karabakh Defense Army units took retaliatory measures, throwing the saboteurs back to their positions.

No casualties were registered on the Armenian side, with the rival, according to a Karabakh report, having suffered losses.

Also, Azerbaijani armed forces fired around 12000 shots from various caliber firearms on March 7-8.