The NKR Defense Ministry reports about 80 cases of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side last night.
The rival used all types of artillery weapons, 60 and 82 mm mortars, RPG-7, HHN-9 and HAN-17 grenade launchers, ZU-23 antiaircraft system, TR-reactive missile system and a tank.
The Azerbaijani side also used an MM-21 multiple rocket launcher as it shelled the settlements of Martakert and Mataghis.
Contract servicemen of the NKR Defense Army Tigran Mkhitary Poghosyan (born in 1992) and Aramn Nikol Arushanyan (born in 1972) were killed as a result of violation of agreement on ceasefire.
The NKR Defense Ministry shares the sorrow of the heavy loss an expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the killed servicemen.
The Karabakh forces resorted to retaliatory means to neutralize the actions of the rival, targeting frontline positions, inflicting losses in human force and equipment.
