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Provocation of illegal Armenian armed detachments suppressed in the Aghdam direction

Provocation of illegal Armenian armed detachments suppressed in the Aghdam direction

Baku, September 17, AZERTAC

On September 17, at about 17:45, illegal Armenian armed detachments in the territory of Azerbaijan, where Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed, using small arms subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed in the direction of the Aghdam region.

According to the Defense Ministry, the Azerbaijan Army Units took adequate retaliatory measures in the mentioned direction.

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