On March 9, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that starting from 21:30 [local time] on March 8 to 04:15 on March 9, the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed on the Azerbaijani-Armenian conditional border and in the Karabakh economic region were subjected to fire 23 times.

"The Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the directions of the Yukhari Shorzha, Ashaghi Shorzha, Gunashli, Azizli settlements of the Basarkechar region, Istisu settlement, and the Chambarak region using various caliber weapons periodically subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed in the directions of the Istisu, Zaylik, Mollabayramli, Yellija, Yukhari Ayrim of the Kalbajar region, the Astaf settlement of the Dashkasan region, the Zamanli and Goyalli settlements of the Gadabay region," the report added.

"Moreover, members of illegal Armenian armed detachments in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed, subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed in the directions of the Khojavend, Lachin, Khojaly regions and the city of Shusha," it added.

The ministry stressed, "By systematical shelling the Azerbaijan Army positions, the Armenian armed forces are provoking the Azerbaijan Army to fire back, thereby trying to form a false opinion among the representatives of the European Union civilian mission operating on the conditional border, as well as to establish fake tension in the region."

On the same day, the Armenian Defense Ministry stated that on March 9, at around 5:50 PM, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from different caliber firearms toward the Armenian combat positions located in the direction of Verin Shorzha.

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