{"id":15247,"date":"2023-09-01T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/news\/15247\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T12:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:28:03","slug":"adrbejann-krak-e-bacel-sothkhi-ev-norabaki-haykakan-dirkheri-ughghuthyamb-kan-zoher-tharmacvogh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/15247\/","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan opens fire on Armenian positions in Sotk and Norabak; Casualties incurred(to be updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>17:31&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \">As of 5:30 p.m., the situation on the front line is<br>\nrelatively stable.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \">If the situation changes, the RA Ministry of Defense will<br>\ngive updates.&nbsp;<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>16:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \">As a result of Azerbaijani provocation, the Armenian side<br>\nhas suffered 4 casualties; another serviceman got wounded.&nbsp;<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Ministry of Defense will release the names of the killed<br>\nservicemen and will give updates on the condition of the wounded soldier after<br>\ncommunicating the news to the servicemen&rsquo;s families by established order.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>14&#1417;32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of 2:30 p.m., fire intensity keeps low. The RA Ministry<br>\nof Defense will give further updates on the situation.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13&#1417;30<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of 1:30 p.m., the Azerbaijani Armed Forces keep firing<br>\nfrom small arms and mortars on the Armenian positions in Sotk and Norabak.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>13&#1417;15<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 12:50 p.m., the Azerbaijani Armed Forces used drones<br>\nand mortars in the direction of Sotk.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The RA Ministry of Defense will give further updates on the<br>\nsituation.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12:57<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to monitoring conducted by relevant units of the<br>\nRA Armed Forces, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are taking measures to deploy<br>\nmilitary equipment and extra personnel in the direction of Sotk.&nbsp;<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12:42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 12:25 p.m., the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from<br>\nsmall arms on the Armenian position in Norabak.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>12&#1417;04<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Azerbaijan&rsquo;s propaganda machine has launched a<br>\nmisinformation campaign, claiming that the RA Armed Forces are deploying<br>\nmilitary personnel and large supplies of military equipment near Sotk.&nbsp;<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By disseminating misinformation, Azerbaijan clears the way<br>\nto proceed with its military provocations &mdash; started in the morning &mdash; in the<br>\ndirection of Sotk.&nbsp;<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11:27<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of 11:20 a.m., Azerbaijani fire on the Armenian positions<br>\nin Sotk has decreased in intensity.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>11&#1417;10<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result of the fire opened by Azerbaijan on the Armenian<br>\npositions in Sotk, 2 casualties have been reported on the Armenian side.<br>\nAnother serviceman got wounded.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Defense will release the names of the killed<br>\nservicemen and will give updates on the condition of the wounded soldier later.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10:31<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from different caliber firearms, the Azerbaijani Armed<br>\nForces are also using mortars in the direction of the Armenian positions in<br>\nSotk.&nbsp;<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10:24<\/strong><p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Aug. 31, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan was up to<br>\nspreading misinformation and preparing the way for another act of military<br>\nprovocation. Thus, at 7:50 a.m. on Sept.1, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened<br>\nheavy fire on the Armenian positions in Sotk.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; \">The RA Ministry of Defense will give further updates on the<br>\nsituation.<p><\/p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17:31&nbsp; As of 5:30 p.m., the situation on the front line is relatively stable. If the situation changes, the RA Ministry of Defense will give updates.&nbsp; 16:10 As a result of Azerbaijani provocation, the Armenian side has suffered 4 casualties; another serviceman got wounded.&nbsp; The Ministry of Defense will release the names of the killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-army"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}