The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense issued a report titled “The Armed Forces of Armenia committed large-scale sabotage in the addresses of Dashkasan, Kalbajar and Lachin” around 1:00 a. m. m. of Tuesday and reported: “Subversive groups of the Armed Forces of Armenia mined spaces and sources the routes between the positions of the Azerbaijan Army are established in other directions, employing the mountainous terrain of the region and the ravines existing in the dark.
“As a result of the pressing measures taken across our ensembles to prevent them without delay from such acts, a war ensued. Some positions, shelters and bases of the Azerbaijani army on the territory of the dashkasan, Kalbajar and Lachin regions through the sets of the Armed Forces of Armenia located in the direction of the settlements of Basarkecher, Istisu, Garakilsa and Gorus were targeted by other types of weapons, adding mortars. As a result, there are losses among the workers’ corps and damage to the army’s infrastructure. . . . Decisive reaction measures are taken through azerbaijani army joints. Mandatory measures are being taken to silence the firing problems of the Armenian armed forces and prevent the spread of the scale of this military conflict.
“There are losses among the corps of workers of the Armed Forces of Armenia involved in sabotage operations. “
The Armenian Defense Ministry issued a saying according to which around midnight, Azerbaijani forces attacked Armenian positions in the provinces of Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Gegharkunik from the east and the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhchivan, using artillery and armed drones.
Armenian media reported that “a Security Council assembly was held under the leadership of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. . . on measures to counter Azerbaijan’s competitive movements opposing the sovereign territory of Armenia.
“A resolution has been taken to officially confront the Russian Federation before the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the United Nations Security Council to bring into force the provisions of the Treaty of Amity, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance with regard to aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. “
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday: “As we have made it transparent for a long time, there can be no military solution to the conflict. We call for a speedy end to all army hostilities. “
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan, with Turkey and foreign mercenaries, fought against the separatist Republic of Artsakh and Armenia. This was the most recent escalation of an unresolved standoff over the region, which was part of Azerbaijan in Soviet times and was worldwide identified as such, with the exception of Armenian-majority Artsakh.
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