Tension at parts of Armenia-Azerbaijan state border amid attacks on Artsakh
27 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS. Tensions are observed not at the entire lenght of the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border, the Armenian Unified Infocenter’s official representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a news conference.
He said Azerbaijani military has fired in the direction of Vardenis.
“During the Azerbaijani military rocket-artillery strikes in the morning, which mostly happened in the direction of Artsakh, attacks also happened in the direction of Vardenis in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province,” he said, adding that the actions at the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border aren’t intensive.
In the early morning of September 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a massive attack on Artsakh using air force, missiles and tanks. The Azerbaijani artillery strikes targeted civilian settlements, including Stepanakert city, which resulted in several civilians being killed. Schools were also bombed.
Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan
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