Situation relatively calm in border, almost no shots – Armenia’s Defense Ministry Spokesman says

Armenpress 13:27, 25 February, 2017

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 25, ARMENPRESS. At the moment the situation is relatively calm in the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, Artsrun Hovhannisyan – Spokesman of Armenia’s Defense Ministry, writes on Facebook, reports “Armenpress”.

“At this moment it is relatively calm in the border, there are almost no shots”, he said.

On February 25, as of 03:00 and 04:00, the Azerbaijani side conducted an attack attempt at two south-eastern (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) directions by using respective mine clearance equipment and special measures.

The NKR Defense Army forces prevented the advance of the Azerbaijani forces on time at both directions due to video devices and threw them back by causing losses. As a result of the countermeasures taken by the Defense Army, the Azerbaijani side suffered losses and has wounded. Several bodies are in the neutral zone. The Armenian side has no casualties and wounded.



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