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27 December 2016 - 06:35 AMT

Azerbaijan shells Karabakh positions from mortars, firearms

Around 70 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh overnight on December 26-27.

Azeri troops, in particular, fired more than 850 shots from various caliber firearms, also employing 60-mm mortars.

Karabakh Defense Army troops retaliated only in case of extreme necessity to continue controlling the situation along the entire line of contact.

Around 35 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered on the contact line the night before.