2023-05-11 08:45:09
As of 8:00 a.m., three were wounded on the Armenian side, the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of the country reported Aram Tarasyan. According to him, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan also opened fire in the direction of the ambulance in which the wounded soldier was.
As of 9:00 a.m., units of the Azerbaijani army continue to fire artillery and mortar fire at Armenian positions located in the direction of Sotko, the Defense Ministry of Armenia noted, adding that the situation in other directions is relatively calm.
The message states that the units of the Armed Forces of Armenia are taking appropriate “defensive and preventive measures”.
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia denied the information spread by the Azerbaijani media that the Armenian side uses Iranian drones.
The Ministry of Defense of Armenia also denied the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan that yesterday evening RA Armed Forces opened fire in the direction of Azerbaijani positions, as a result of which a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan was wounded.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that “as a result of aimed fire from the enemy, a soldier of the Azerbaijani army, Mahmudlu Muslim Vidadi Oglu, was seriously wounded in the head.”
Baku accused Yerevan of violating the ceasefire.
“Since the morning of May 11, the armed forces of Armenia, further exacerbating the situation, have been firing mortars at the positions of the Azerbaijani army from positions in the direction of Zodzki, Basarkechar district. Units of the Azerbaijani army are taking the necessary measures in response,” says the message of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, published in the morning of May 11.
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