YEREVAN, OCTOBER 18, ARMENPRESS. On October 18 the Azerbaijani armed forces continuously tried to violate the airspace of Artsakh with drones, despite the new agreement on a humanitarian truce, the Artsakh Defense Army said in a statement.

“The air defense units of the Defense Army hit 2 UAVs”, the statement says.

Armenia and Azerbaijani agreed on a new humanitarian ceasefire, which was supposed to come effective at 00:00, October 18. However, minutes after the ceasefire came into force, Azerbaijan again violated the agreement, launching rocket-artillery strikes in the northern direction from 00:04-02:45 and missile strikes in the southern direction from 02:20-02:45.

Today, early morning, the Azerbaijani forces again launched an attack in the southern direction.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan