Armenia’s top military brass has reportedly decided to take measures across the Line of Contact with Azerbaijan to prevent “acts of sabotage” by Azeri front troops, a Defense Ministry source has said.

Speaking to Tert.am on condition of anonymity, the source said Armenia’s Defense Ministry is planning “large-scale punitive” actions on the Line of Contact that are aimed at causing three times as much damage to Azerbaijani side.

Earlier in the week Azeri snipers killed three and wounded two Armenian conscripts on the Line of Contact with Azerbaijan.

A statement released by Karabakh’s Defense Army on Friday condemned actions by Azerbaijani Armed Forces, adding that such provocations by the Azeri side have become frequent recently.

It also said that such actions by Azeri forces across the Line of Contact come to prove that "apart from not being committed to the implementation of all the agreements reached at various meetings at the international level and aimed at maintaining the ceasefire regime, Baku has rendered a more impudent and unbridled nature to its aggressive initiatives”.