CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry states that it can hit Armenia's Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant "with high accuracy", something it says would be a "great catastrophe for Armenia". https://t.co/jguSHiZ5q8— Conflict News (@Conflicts) July 16, 2020
Zero Hedge: Azerbaijan Threatens To Strike Armenian Atomic Plant Amid Worst Border Fighting In Years
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense warned on Thursday, that its forces could carry out a precision strike on the Metzamur power station in western Armenia if Yerevan decided to hit Azerbaijani strategic installations.
This after renewed fighting along the historically contested border early this week, as the AP described:
Armenia and Azerbaijan forces fought Tuesday with heavy artillery and drones, leaving at least 16 people killed on both sides, including an Azerbaijani general, in the worst outbreak of hostilities in years.
Skirmishes on the volatile border between the two South Caucasus nations began Sunday. Azerbaijan said it has lost 11 servicemen and one civilian in three days of fighting, and Armenia said four of its troops were killed Tuesday.
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