On Thursday, July 29, at around 3am, the Azerbaijani troops, violating the ceasefire agreement reached the day before, again resorted to provocation opening fire from firearms at the Armenian positions in the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, in the direction of Karvachar.

In an official statement, the Defense Ministry of Armenia said after the retaliatory actions of the Armenian side, the fire stopped.

As of 7am, the situation was calm, there were no shootings.

An agreement on restoring the ceasefire on the north-eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijan border was reached at the mediation of the command of Russian peacekeeping forces on Wednesday. The ceasefire went into effect at 10am local time.

Three Armenian servicemen were killed and four others were injured as a result of the military operations launched by the Azerbaijani forces. One of the injured soldiers is said to be in critical condition.