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Representatives of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh have recognized that as a result of Azerbaijan's strikes 20 people were killed, 72 injured, News.am reported.

The report noted that the Armenian side also lost seven tanks.

The Armenian Defense Ministry in its turn reported about the death of five volunteers in the conflict zone as a result of strikes of Azerbaijani Armed Forces' drone, according to RIA Novosti.

The situation on the frontline aggravated on April 2 after the Armenian military units in the occupied lands started shelling Azerbaijan’s positions.

To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched counter attacks and as a result, the Azerbaijani troops retook hills around the village of Talish, as well as Seysulan settlement, and also took over Lele Tepe hill located in the direction of Fizuli region.

Despite Azerbaijan's decision on unilateral suspension of the counter-attacks and response measures in the territories occupied by Armenia, as well as calls of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and world community to cease military operations and restore the ceasefire, the Armenian forces resumed shelling of Azerbaijani positions along the line of contact on the night of April 4, the situation on the contact line deteriorated again.

For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.

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