The Baku Defense Ministry denies all allegations.
Thursday 24 March, the press secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Eduard Sharmazanov announced the offensive of the Azerbaijani military in the Karabakh region. According to him, the attacks took place in the direction of Askeran, and the fighters entered the village of Farukh. The politician left the relevant post on his Facebook, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Focus.
What do they say in Nagorno-Karabakh itself?
At the same time, Armenian journalists claim that after a while the information center of Nagorno-Karabakh circulated the following message: «As of 16:00 on March 24, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the line of contact in the direction of the village of Parukh, Askeran region . Representatives of the Defense Army and the Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh — Ed.) are trying through negotiations to stop the further advance of the enemy and return him to his original positions. We inform you that for security reasons, women and children of the Hramort community of the Askeran region have been evacuated at the moment. We urge the population to remain calm, the situation is currently stable in all other sections of the line of contact».
What do the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry say?
A little later, there was a reaction from the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. Officials said that the information disseminated by Armenia is not true.
«Armenian sources artificially exaggerate the situation. The goal is to create an atmosphere capable of causing deliberate hysteria, confusing the public and misleading. There is no reason to worry», the message says.