An Azerbaijani sniper. Photo by the press service of Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan https://mod.gov.az/ru/news/provoditsya-sorevnovanie-na-zvanie-luchshij-tankovyj-ekipazh-font-color-red-video-font-22213.html

16 November 2018, 14:23

Azerbaijan claims shelling of its positions in two villages

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 27 times, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 14-15, Azerbaijan fixed shelling of four villages; and in total, the MoD counted 26 shelling attacks within the past 24 hours. In its turn, the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh claimed over 120 attacks on its positions from Azerbaijan during November 4-10.

On November 15-16, Azerbaijan's positions were shelled in the villages of Asrik, Djyrdakhan and Agbulag of the Tovuz District, the website of the MoD has reported, specifying that the fire was delivered from the Armenian dwelling settlements of and from positions near stationed near villages considered by Azerbaijan as occupied.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 16, 2018 at 08:44 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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