On the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan fights resumed
On the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan, hostilities resumed. The parties continue to accuse each other of escalating the conflict.
According to the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, hostilities resumed on the Tovuz direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. According to the Azerbaijani military, in the morning hours the Armenian armed forces tried to attack the positions of the Azerbaijani army, firing from large-caliber weapons and mortars in the villages of Agdam, Dondar Gushchu and Vahidli of the Tovuz region.
- said the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
In turn, the Armenian Ministry of Defense accused the Azerbaijani armed forces of a nightly attempt to infiltrate saboteurs on the positions of the Armenian army.
Shushan Stepanyan, spokeswoman for the Armenian Ministry of Defense, said, adding that at 05:20, Azerbaijani units began shelling the border villages of Aygepar and Movses with mortars and howitzers D-30.
According to the report, the Armenian military during the fighting on Thursday knocked out a tank of the Azerbaijani army and crushed enemy artillery points.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reacted to this message and stated that all Tanks Azerbaijani army intact and in service. According to the chief of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel Vagif Dargyakhly, Azerbaijan did not advance tanks to combat positions in the area of armed conflict.
- he said.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense called disinformation the message of the Armenian Ministry of Defense about 13 Azerbaijani drones, allegedly shot down by the Armenian military since the start of hostilities on July 12.
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