The situation on the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively calm on the night of May 17-18, Karabakh Defense Army says.
The Azerbaijani forces mainly used various caliber firearms to violate the truce agreement, employing a 60-mm mortar and a rocket-propelled grenade only in the northeastern (Martakert) direction of the frontline.
The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army troops remained committed to the ceasefire and continue protecting their positions.
The Azerbaijani army violated the Nagorno Karabakh ceasefire on the night of May 16-17, using various caliber firearms and an infantry fighting vehicle, as well as 60-mm mortars and automatic grenade launchers. Especially intense violations were registered in the southeastern (Hadrut) and eastern (Martuni) directions of the contact line.
Karabakh army conscript Khachatur Harutyunyan (b. 1996) received a fаtal gunshot wound on May 17, at around 12:50 am, as a result of Azeri violations.
