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Despite numerous warnings, the Azerbaijani terrorist army continues to target the civilian population of Stepanakert using Polonez-Smerch systems, Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said on Sunday.

“Large military installations permanently located in major cities of Azerbaijan have now become targets of the Defense Army. I call on the people of Azerbaijan to leave these cities as soon as possible to avoid possible losses,” he wrote on Facebook.

“The whole responsibility for this lies with the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan,” the president stressed.

Numerous civilian settlements in Artsakh and Armenia have repeatedly come under Azerbaijani bombardment since the start of hostilities, as a result of which more than a dozen civilians have been killed.

In the early morning of September 27, Azerbaijan launched a massive air and artillery attack on the Artsakh military positions and numerous civilian settlements and infrastructure in the country, including capital Stepanakert. Artsakh civilians were told to take shelter.

Both Armenia and Artsakh have declared martial law and a general mobilization.