“Armenia’s political-military leadership continues to carry out crimes against Azerbaijan. Today Armenia again fired on Azerbaijani civilian facilities with heavy artillery, missiles, including Smerch missiles,” said Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev.

Hajiyev said that there were wounded and casualties among the civilians.

“Armenia purposefully targets the civilian population and facilities. As a result of these heinous actions of the Armenian side during recent days, civilian facilities came under fire by more than 10,000 shells,” Hajiyev added.