YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Army of Artsakh targets only military objects, ARMENPRESS reports representative of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.

‘’The Azerbaijani armed forces started a massive bombardment of Artsakh’s settlements. The Defense Army of Artsakh retaliates adequately, targeting exclusively military objects. In this context, all the accusations addressed to the Armenian side are disinformation’’, he said.

Hovhannisyan added that during today’s clashes the Azerbaijani troops have been repelled, suffering serious losses.

Turkey-backed Azerbaijan unleashed war against Artsakh on September 27. Mercenaries and jihadists have been deployed by Turkey in Azerbaijan to fight against Armenians. The Azerbaijani armed forces target civilians and civilian infrastructures, killing dozens and causing great damage to the property. Azerbaijan targets also civilians in the Republic of Armenia. A civilian died as a result of a drone strike, and a bus was exploded (no one was inside). Another civilian was killed in the Republic of Armenia as a result of Azerbaijani shelling in Mets Masrik village.

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet downed an Armenian SU-25 jet in the Armenian air space on September 29.  The pilot could not survive.

On October 5 the Defense Army of Artsakh in one of the most difficult sections of the frontline carried out tactical moves, particularly, made an illusion of withdrawal among Azerbaijani units. The adversary attempted to quickly occupy the positions left by Armenian forces, but appeared in a trap. Afterwards, a powerful artillery strike destroyed most of the unit. Leaving over 200 killed soldiers in the battlefield, the adversary fled in an unorganized way.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan