Armenian Armed Forces are firing at Azerbaijani settlements and military positions located on the state border with Armenia from various types of small arms, mortars, and howitzers despite the announcement of a new humanitarian ceasefire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said.
According to the ministry, since the morning of October 26, the territories of Azerbaijani Tovuz, Gadabay, and Dashkasan districts have been fired from the vicinities of Armenian Berd, Chambarak, and Vardenis cities.
Moreover, the positions of Azerbaijani units in the direction of Tartar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Lachin, and Gubadli districts are exposed to the shelling of Armenian Armed Forces, the ministry said.
The Armenian armed forces committed a large-scale provocation, subjecting the positions of the Azerbaijani army to intensive shelling from large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery installations of various calibers in the front-line zone on Sept. 27 at 05:00 (Msk). The command of the Azerbaijani Army decided to launch a counter-offensive operation of Azerbaijani troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces and ensure the safety of the civilian population. To date, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts, including the cities of Jabrayil and Fizuli, the city of Zangilan and part of Zangilan district, the city of Hadrut and a number of villages in the Khojavend region, the villages of Sugovushan and Talish in the Terter region, as well as the strategically important Murovdag mountain were liberated.
