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Armenia committed another provocation in Nakhchivan direction, Azerbaijani soldier wounded

16 August 2019 16:04 (UTC +04:00)

An Azerbaijani serviceman was wounded as a result of severe violation of the ceasefire regime by Armenia in the direction of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on Azerbaijan-Armenian state border on August 15, at 21:30, the press service of the Combined Arms Army (CAA) told APA.

Soldier Babayev Hasan Adil oghlu born in 2000, called to temporary military conscription from Nakhchivan city has been shot by sniper fire and wounded in the right thigh area during engineering work towards Sadarak district of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The wounded soldier was provided with urgent medical aid, there is no threat to his life.

Although the Armenian Republic continues deliberately to aggravate the situation in the direction of Nakhchivan, the units of the Combined Arms Army properly controls operation condition on the state border.