Azerbaijani Defense Ministry: Armenia's military leadership hides its failures from public

"Armenian troops violated ceasefire in various directions and uninterrupted shooting occurred on Feb. 18, but they try to misrepresent this fact,” Spokesman for Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-Colonel Eldar Sabiroglu said.

He was commenting on Armenian media reports that the ceasefire was not violated by Armenia and no loss was recorded on Feb. 18.

“Armenia is accustomed to tell lies. It acts the same way. They hide their losses. The main reason is that they beware of the people. The distrust in the army is growing. Therefore, Armenian military leadership tries to conceal even minor failures on the front line. They have rarely confessed something so far. Even the local TV channels, press have been banned from covering the funerals of the killed soldiers," Sabiroglu said.

"Armenia tries to misrepresent the fact that they violated ceasefire and uninterrupted shooting occurred on Feb. 18. This is called Armenian slyness,” he said.

“The shooting began in the afternoon and lasted till the evening. At 18.00 the losses were equal. Soon after that, the enemy was obliged to stop firing because of extra losses,” he said.

/APA/