Armenian militants continue preparing for war

Armenian separatists attempted to establish fortifications in Azerbaijani territory. The militants also fired from the Russian peacekeepers' area of responsibility at Azerbaijani positions.

Armenian militants illegally stationed in Azerbaijani territory fired at positions of Azerbaijani military, the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense reported.

Members of illegal Armenian armed formations on the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed, fired small arms at positions of the Azerbaijani army in the direction of the Khojavend, Shusha and Khojaly districts from 23:05 (GMT+4) on June 21 to 08:15 (GMT+4) on June 22.

The ministry said that units of the Azerbaijani army have taken adequate response measures in all these areas.

Also, members of illegal Armenian armed formations, under the guise of agricultural work, attempted to establish long-term fortifications in front of the positions of the Azerbaijani army located in the directions of the Aghdam and Khojaly districts.

As a result of the urgent measures taken by the units of the Azerbaijani army, engineering work was immediately stopped.

Moreover, units of the Armenian armed forces from positions located in the direction of the settlement of Brun of the Gorus district fired small arms at the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the direction of the settlement of Ahmadli of the Lachin district at 02:15 (GMT+4) on June 22.