YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. Access to the town of Jermuk is now highly restricted for safety precautions, Vice Mayor Vardan Sargsyan told ARMENPRESS.

There is no panic among the residents, the situation is stable but there is some tension.

“City authorities did not organize evacuation, those who wanted to leave have left on their own, and those who wanted to stay, stayed and are here, living, struggling. We have bomb shelters in the town,” he said.

Schools and kindergartens are closed. “The medical facility is actively working”.

Asked whether or not volunteer self-defense detachments have been formed, the Vice Mayor said: “We’ve always had self-defense initiatives because we are a border town.”

Azerbaijan’s latest bombardments are targeting both military and civilian infrastructure in the direction of Jermuk and Verin Shorzha. Border towns are being bombed.