Azerbaijan made attempt of subversive act in Artsakh direction last night, Armenian soldier died
NKThe adversary made an attempt of a subversive act in northe-astern direction (Talish) of the contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijani
opposing armies at 04:30, December 4. “Armenpress” was informed by the Press Service of the Defense Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic that the frontier troops of the Defense Army identified in time the advance of the Azerbaijani special unit and pushed them back causing losses. Unfortunately, frontier guard Erik Edik Grigoryan born in 1995 died of vital gunshot wounds.
Investigation is being carried out to reveal the details.
Nagorno Karabakh Republic Defense Ministry shares the grief of the loss, extending its support to the family, relatives and fellow soldiers of the deceased.
Apart from the subversive act, the rival violated the ceasefire regime for over 80 times in the line of contact of the KarabakhAzerbaijani opposing armies on December 3 and during the night of December 4. More than 650 shots were fired towards Armenian frontier troops from weapons of different caliber, including 60mm and 82mm mortars, AGS-17 grenade launchers and TR-107 artillery rocket during the abovementioned period. Currently the adversary continues violating the ceasefire regime using weapons of different caliber.
The Defense Army frontier troops take punitive measures to suppress the aggression of the adversary.