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YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Defense Ministry informs that the Azerbaijani side violated ceasefire 38 times, “Armenpress” was informed about this by the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Armenian Defense Ministry.
The Armenian Defense Ministry statement reads: “On April 24 and throughout the morning of April 25 38 ceasefire violations were recorded in the southeastern direction of Armenia-Azerbaijan state border. The Azerbaijani side opened irregular fire at Armenian positions by using various caliber weapons and sniper rifles. The adversary also fired RPG-7 grenade launcher.
The Armenian Armed forces continue monitoring the situation in borders and conducted countermeasures only in case of strict necessity”.
According to the information provided by the NKR Defense Army during the night of April 24-25 Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire agreement more than 120 times by firing various caliber weapons fired 60mm (3 shells), 82mm mortars (4 shells), 17 grenade launchers (57 shells) and ZU-23-2 antiaircraft weapon (11 shots) along the entire contact line. The adversary also effectively used SPIKE anti-tank guided missile (1 unit) in the northeastern (Martakert) direction of the contact line.
As a result of punitive actions of NKR Defense Army forces the actions of the adversary were repressed”.