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By Aisha Jabbarova

Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry announced the liberation of several advantageous high grounds around the village of Talysh in Tartar region on September 28, on the second day of clashes in the line of contact.

"Units of the Azerbaijan Army, moving from the high grounds and advantageous positions liberated from the Armenian armed forces, continue the counter-attack to consolidate the achieved success," the ministry said.

Armenian troops were forced to retreat from the frontiers they were trying to hold, suffering heavy losses, the ministry said.

Tartar has been under fire from the Armenian armed forces units since the morning of September 28. Earlier, the ministry's leadership warned Armenia "for the last time that we will take adequate response measures against them."

The Defence Ministry also said in the morning that the Units of the Azerbaijan Army continue to destroy the enemy's military equipment with precise fire. It laer reported destruction of two more tanks of Armenian Armed Forces as a result of the steps taken to prevent the active combat activity of the adversary.

The Azerbaijani army yesterday liberated strategically-important Murov height and destroyed the positions of the Armenian armed forces in the direction of the Agdere district and Murovdag. Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov also said on September 27 that Azerbaijan liberated Garakhanbeyli, Garvend, Kend Horadiz, Yukhari Abdulrahmanli villages of Fizuli district, Boyuk Marjanli, and Nuzgar villages of Jabrayil district.

Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant Colonel Anar Eyvazov said on September 27 that as a result of the counter-offensive of the Azerbaijani armed forces to suppress Armenia’s provocation, a lot of manpower and military equipment of the Armenian armed forces is being destroyed,

“The Armenian armed forces are fleeing and leaving the military equipment behind,” Eyvazov said.

The ministry also reported destruction of a weapon and ammunition depot belonging to the Armenian army on September 27

Armenian armed forces launched a large-scale provocation, subjecting the positions of the Azerbaijani army to intensive shelling from large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery installations of various calibers in the front-line zone on September 27 at 6 am.

The command of the Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive operation of Azerbaijani troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces and ensure the safety of the civilian population.