Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page: “RA Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan speaks about occupying new favorable positions, and Azerbaijani users about the loss of two positions and the death of 17 people.”
Notably, on12 July, the Azerbaijani servicemen made an attempt to cross the RA state border in the direction of Tavush.
After the warning of the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani servicemen left their UAZ car and returned to their positions. Shortly afterwards, at 1:45 p.m., servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces repeated an attempt to seize the border post of the Armenian Armed Forces, using artillery fire, but were repressed by the Armenian side and repulsed, inflicting casualties.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan informs that 2 servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were killed and 5 others were wounded in an incident on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on 12 July.
