Situation remains tense on Line of Contact on the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops. According to the NKR Defense Army press-office, the Azerbaijani side violated ceasefire 18 times overnight, firing 200 shots, including 43 ones from sniper weapons.
"On July 23, at 12:10am local time, the Azerbaijani side targeted the combat positions of the NKR Defense Army wounding a contract officer Mher Ziloyan, born in 1991. The soldier was hospitalized. The specialists say his life is no longer in danger. The details of the incident are being verified," the source reports.
It is reported that the frontline units of the NKR Defense Army have the situation under control.