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| Soldier wounded in shelling in Nagorno-Karabakh |
| 2021-09-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Private Vruyr Shahramanyan was wounded in shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the Defense Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh said. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote , Azerbaijan and Armenia regularly exchange accusations of violating the ceasefire in the zone of the Karabakh conflict and on the border of the two countries. The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh also stated about shelling from Azerbaijani positions. Thus, on September 7, the ombudsman for human rights in Nagorno-Karabakh reported that the house of a resident of the village of Tagavard was damaged during shelling by the Azerbaijani military. In August, shelling on the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops became as regular as before the autumn war of 2020, but the sides are not using heavy weapons now, military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" said. Today, at about 12.30 (11.30 Moscow time), the Azerbaijani military violated the ceasefire "in the west of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Defense Ministry of the unrecognized republic reported. "As a result, a soldier of the Defense Army, Private Vruyr Vardanovich Shahramanian, received a gunshot wound. In connection with the incident, the relevant information was provided to the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent," says the publication on the agency's website, translated by Caucasian Knot. The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, as of 15.07 Moscow time, did not comment on this information on its website. See a map of the area here |
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