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The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 115 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported on December 25.

Armenian armed forces, located in Armenia's nameless hills of Ijevan region, Mosesgekh village of Berd region, and nameless hills of Krasnoselsk region subjected to fire the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the nameless hills of Gazakh region, Agdam village of Tovuz region, nameless hills of Gadabay region.

The ceasefire was violated in Talish, Gulustan villages in Goranboy region, Goyarkh, Chayli, Chilaburt, Yarimja villages in Tartar region, Shikhlar, Novruzlu, Javahirli, Kangarli, Sarijali, Shuraabad, Yusifjanli, Marzali, Garagashli, Namirli villages in Aghdam region, Kuropatkino village in Khojavand region, Horadiz, Garakhanbayli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages in Fuzuli region, Mehdili village in Jabrayil region, as well as nameless hills in Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.

In view of the operational situation, Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 120 strikes on enemy positions.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.

Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994 but Armenia continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.

Peace talks mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. have produced no results so far.

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