Karabakh’s Armenian-backed Defense Army said Azerbaijani forces backed by tanks, heavy artillery and helicopter gunships attacked its positions along the “line of contact” around the territory and shelled Karabakh villages and towns.
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The Karabakh Armenian army also claimed to have destroyed three Azerbaijani tanks and shot down two Azerbaijani military helicopters and as many unmanned aircraft.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry spoke of the most serious escalation of fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone since the 1994 truce that stopped a full-scale Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
“The enemy has been repelled along the entire Line of Contact, suffering numerous casualties as a result,” Defense Ministry Spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has held negotiations with Armenian and Azerbaijani defense ministers over the phone and called for restoration of stability in the conflict zone.