Azernews.Az

Over the past 24 hours, the Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire 21 times in different directions of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan reported on October 14.

Armenian soldiers stationed in the villages of Chinari and Aygepar of Armenia's Berd district opened fire at the Azerbaijani armed forces located in the villages of Kokhanebi and Alibayli of Tovuz district.

Azerbaijani soldiers' positions also came under fire from the Armenians' positions near the villages of Shikhlar and Shuraabad of Aghdam district, the villages of Horadiz and Ashagi Veyselli of Fizuli district, the Tapgaragoyunlu village of Goranboy district and the nameless heights in the Hojavand district.

The enemy was silenced with return fire.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing efforts by U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far. The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.

As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost 100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.