Azerbaijan escalates Karabakh conflict, launches Spike missileMarch 1, 2017 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The situation along the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and Azerbaijan was tense on February 28 and the night through March 1. Ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan were especially intense at night. According to Artsakh defense ministry, the rival fired more than 1100 shots from various caliber firearms. Besides firearms and D-44 divisional guns, Azeri troops also employed a TR-107 rocket launcher to fire 5 shells in the southeastern section (Martuni) of the contact line. "In the same direction, the Azeris launched a Spike anti-tank guided missile which shows their intention to escalate the situation on the frontline," the Artsakh ministry said. Spike is an Israeli-made fire-and-forget missile. The Armenian side suffered no losses during the ceasefire violations. To suppress the rival's attacks, Karabakh troops retaliated in case of necessity and continued protecting their positions. The situation on the contact line is relatively calm at the moment. Top stories 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |