The spokeswoman for the RA Ministry of Defense Shushan Stepanyan issued a statement, which reads:

“Azerbaijani official circles have repeatedly made statements that have nothing to do with reality, as if this or that settlement in Azerbaijan is being targeted from Armenia. The purpose of such false information flows is to conceal one’s own aspirations. “

The representative of the RA Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan writes about this:

“The military leadership of Azerbaijan is shouting loudly about civilian objects to cover up its own vandalism. Six days after your shelling of Stepanakert, Martakert, Madtuni, Hadrut and other settlements, the President of Artsakh clearly stated that we will hit military targets that may be close to civilian objects. But you do not care about your residents as well. And you are obviously doing all this to prepare the ground for provocations.”