Artsrun Hovhannisyan, representative of the RA Ministry of Defense, made the following post on his Facebook page:
“Very important
Azerbaijani armed forces units, lacking sufficient capability to conduct effective offensive operations, have for the second day now begun resorting to blatant provocations. In particular, on the southern axis of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani military operations, Azerbaijani units are massing in large groups immediately along the Artsakh-Iranian border (along the Araks River) and, in effect, sheltering behind that border, are attempting to advance. With this tactic, the Azerbaijani side is trying to provoke the Artsakh side into opening fire or delivering strikes along the border, effectively in the direction of Iran. It is also not excluded that, as a result of military operations, Azerbaijani units, having no alternative, may retreat or flee into Iranian territory. To avoid all this, we believe the Iranian side, which surely sees all this, must prevent or compel abstention from such concentrations.”
“Three army groups — those who understand know well what that means. Glory to the Armenian army,” he had written earlier.
