Military exercises of the Azerbaijani Army, May 2019. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, https://mod.gov.az

11 May 2019, 19:11

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of 22 shelling attacks

The positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Karabakh conflict zone and on the border with Armenia were subjected to 22 shelling attacks over the past day, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that yesterday, on May 10, the Azerbaijani MoD registered 28 cases of the ceasefire violation.

"The positions of the Azerbaijani army were shelled in the village of Garalar in the Tovuz District, in the village of Zamanly and at nameless heights in the territory of the Gadabay District," reports today the Azerbaijani MoD on its website.

The fire came both from the Armenian side and from the territory controlled by the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani MoD reported.

As of 8:40 a.m. Moscow time on May 11, the Ministries of Defence for Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh have not posted on their websites any comments concerning the statement released by the Azerbaijani MoD.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 11, 2019 at 08:40 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

December 27, 2024 21:16

December 26, 2024 23:53

  • Khamzat Kadyrov confirms drone attack on Chechnya

    Secretary of the Chechen Security Council Khamzat Kadyrov has posted on a social networking service a video of the destruction of a drone. The Chechen official has also added that all the drones launched today to attack the republic had been shot down.

December 26, 2024 23:24

  • Analysts dispute about aims of polygamy fatwa

    The withdrawal of the fatwa on polygamy does not cancel the fact that it is enshrined in the Koran; while its main purpose is to clarify the procedure and responsibility for concluding a religious marriage, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and an Islamic scholar believe.

December 26, 2024 21:47

December 26, 2024 20:51

  • Defence asks to overturn sentence of lawyer Fedorenko

    The actions of Natalia Fedorenko, a lawyer, contained no violation of privacy of private life, her defence has stated. The Commission for the Protection of Lawyers' Professional Rights of the Bar Association of Krasnodar Territory has concluded that Fedorenko is being prosecuted for performing her professional duties.

News archive