According to the information received from the Defence Army of Artsakh, on the night of October 17-18, the humanitarian ceasefire, in general, was maintained in the Artsakh-Azerbaijani conflict zone, with the exception of the periods from 00:04 to 02:45 in the northern direction and from 02:20 to 02:45 in the southern direction, when the enemy forces also used rocket artillery strikes.

In the morning, at around 07:20, after active artillery fire, the Azerbaijani armed forces started to attack in the southern direction. There are victims and wounded from the both sides.

The entire responsibility for the escalation of the situation on the frontline falls on the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan.