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Urgent: Azerbaijan destroys Armenian frontline command post, says defense ministry

Xinhua, April 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

An Armenian command headquarters post was destroyed on the front line of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijani troops, Russian media reported.

Sputnik quoted Azerbaijani Defense Ministry press spokesman Vagif Dyargakhly as saying that an Armenian Armed Forces command post was destroyed on the front line on Monday.

Dyargakhly also said that several Armenian high-ranking military officials have been killed during the raid, adding that "a video with proof" will be released soon.

However, local Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have denied the report. Endi