The situation on the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan remained relatively calm overnight, though the Azerbaijani troops used firearms to shoot towards the Armenian positions, the Karabakh Defense Army said Saturday, July 18.

The relative calm is maintained as of midday, the Karabakh Army added.

As reported earlier, Karabakh troops have shot down an Orbiter-3 drone belonging to the Azerbaijani armed forces in the early hours of July 18. The UAV was making a reconnaissance flight near the contact line.