Baku accuses Armenian side of 110 truce breaches in past 24 hours
BAKU. April 8 (Interfax) - The Armenian Armed Forces have violated the truce along the contact line in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area 110 times in the past 24 hours, the press service of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has reported.
According to it, the Armenian military shelled Azerbaijani positions both from the territory of Armenia and from the "occupied territories of Azerbaijan."
More than 25 residential areas came under fire, the Defense Ministry said.
The Armenian side used large-caliber submachine guns and 60mm mortars during the strikes, it said.
Taking account of the operational situation, Azerbaijan's Armed Forces carried out 114 strikes against enemy positions, the ministry said.
Tensions in the Karabakh conflict zone abruptly escalated in the small hours of April 2. Hostilities engaging aircraft and artillery began. The sides traded accusations of the breach of ceasefire along the contact line, as well as claimed the adversary's substantial losses and limited losses of its own.
On April 5, Baku and Stepanakert, the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, announced that an agreement had been reached to cease fire in the Karabakh conflict area from midday local time.
However, on Wednesday and Thursday, the sides continued to trade accusations of truce breaches.
