On the morning of August 16, the subdivisions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces also resorted to provocation in the direction of Nakhichevan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, in the Yeraskh section.

In particular, at around 09:50, a serviceman of the military unit N of the RA Armed Forces,  senior non-commissioned officer Vahan Dimik Tatosyan, born in 1975, received a fatal gunshot wound from a shot fired by the enemy sniper.

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia shares the grief of the loss and expresses support to the family members, relatives and colleagues of the deceased serviceman. As a result of the retaliatory actions taken by the Armenian side, the enemy suffered losses.