Azerbaijan has violated the ceasefire in the Askeran region. The Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Artsakh Republic reported.

At 5:00 pm, the Askeran regional police department received a report that while carrying out agricultural work with a tractor in a pomegranate orchard in the area of ​​Nakhichevanik village, the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire on them for about 15 minutes and did noy allow to leave the orchard.

The fire was stopped by the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, and the citizens of Artsakh were evacuated unharmed.

Agricultural machinery was partially damaged.