Armenian forces continue incessant cross-border attacks on Azerbaijani civilian settlements 40 days after the first clashes broke out.
Despite several cease-fires, the Armenian side on Thursday morning opened fire on the civilian settlements of Goranboy and Tartar regions, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
“AZERBAIJANI ARMY DOES NOT SHELL RESIDENTIAL SETTLEMENTS”
Also, four shells landed in the Giyameddinli village of Azerbaijan’s Aghjabedi region in the morning hours, said the statement.
“Starting from the evening hours on November 4 to 04:50 [0050GMT] on November 5, the positions of our military units located in Tovuz, Gadabay and Dashkesan regions of Azerbaijan were fired intermittently by the enemy from the direction of Berd, Chambarak and Vardenis regions of Armenia,” the ministry said.
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The combat operations continued overnight with varying intensity, mainly in the Aghdere and Khojavend regions, it added.
The Azerbaijani troops are monitoring the situation on the ground, the statement added, noting the Armenian troops were forced to retreat in some places.
The ministry also rejected the claims of the Armenian side about the alleged renewed shelling of Khojavand and Shusha by the Azerbaijani army, adding that it was an “absolute lie”. “We declare once again that the Azerbaijani Army does not shell residential settlements and civilian infrastructure,” the ministry said.
