On 5 March, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan shot at the car of law enforcement officers of Nagorno Karabakh, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

“As a result of the collision, three people were killed; one employee in the car was injured. The losses on the Azerbaijani side were: two dead, one wounded. The conflict was stopped with the efforts of Russian peacekeepers.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense, the command of the Russian peacekeeping troops is conducting an investigation with the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides.

Let’s remind that at around 10:00 on 5 March, the subversive group of the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in order to destabilize the internal situation of the Republic of Artsakh, in the territory of the Republic of Artsakh, in the area west of the area called “Ghaibalishen”, on the left bank of the Armenavan River, carried out actions aimed at the destruction of people, causing bodily harm, destroying or damaging roads and means of communication as well as property.

Using weapons of different calibers, the sabotage group attacked the “UAZ” service car of the Passport and Visa Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh passing through the described area, with direct intent, illegally depriving of life the Police Lieutenant Colonel Armen Babayan, Police Major Davit Danielyan and Police Lieutenant Ararat Gasparyan, and caused physical injuries, to Police Lieutenant Davit Hovsepyan.