4 Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani fire in Artsakh
Four Armenian soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani fire in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on Wednesday, Artsakh’s military authorities reported.
“On June 28, starting from 1:30 a.m., units of the Azerbaijani armed forces opened artillery fire on Armenian positions in Martuni and Martakert, also using UAVs. There are 4 casualties on the Armenian side,” the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a statement.
In a later statement the Artsakh authorities said that the situation along the contact line was now "relatively stable".
The news came after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened three days of fresh peace talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Washington on Tuesday.