“Starting from the evening of July 30 and during the night of July 31, the Armenian armed forces units using small arms subjected to intensive fire the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed in direction of Gadabay and Kalbajar districts of the state border,” Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

“Moreover, members of illegal Armenian armed detachments in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeepers are temporarily deployed, using various caliber weapons and sniper rifles subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions in the direction of Amiranlar settlement of Khojavand district.

Adequate retaliatory measures were taken in these directions by the Azerbaijan Army units,” the ministry said.