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By Ayya Lmahamad

Armenian armed forces have suffered heavy losses in manpower, military and combat equipment in the clashes on the line of contact September 27 to September 30.

Armenian forces have also been forced to retreat from occupied positions and important areas of the terrain along the entire front-line from the morning.

According to the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry's report on October 1, the total losses of the Armenian side for this period amounted to up to 200 tanks and other armored vehicles; 228 artillery pieces, multiple rocket launchers and mortars; 30 air defense means; 6 command, control and surveillance posts; 5 ammunition depots; more than 110 automotive equipment; - 1 S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.

Armenia’s 8 "Grad" multiple launch rocket systems were also destroyed on September 30.

The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry also reported on October 1

October 1 fighting

The Azerbaijani army also carried out successful counter-offensive operations in the line of contact on the line leading to October 1 that units of the Azerbaijani Army inflicted artillery strikes on the positions of the Armenian armed forces deployed in the occupied territories.

Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Lieutenant Colonel Anar Eyvazov noted that in order to regain the lost positions, the Armenian army, concentrating additional forces in the direction of Madagiz, opened fire at the Ashagy village of Agjakand, Goranboy region.

Moreover, the Armenian army's military columns moving in different directions of the frontline were destroyed by Azerbaijan's military units.

Armenian armed forces used the tactical ballistic missile system, however the fired missiles didn't explode.

Likewise, the positions of the 1st battalion of the 5th motorized rifle regiment stationed near the Hasangaya settlement of the Tartar region and the 1st battalion of the 6th motorized rifle regiment of the Armenian armed forces stationed in the Talysh direction were destroyed. The Armenian army’s military equipment was also destroyed in the direction of the Jabrayil region of the front.

"The command post of the 41st separate artillery regiment of the 18th motorized rifle division of the Armenian army was hit. The personnel of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Mountain Rifle Regiment of the 10th Mountain Rifle Division of the 1st Combined Arms Army of the Armenian armed forces stationed in Tonashen suffered heavy losses and left their combat positions. A blow was also struck at the headquarters of the 5th mountain rifle regiment of this division stationed in Aghdere," Eyvazov stated.

Armenian armed forces launched a large-scale operation in the front-line zone on September 27 at 6 am, shelling the positions of the Azerbaijani army from large-calibre weapons, mortars, and artillery installations of various calibres.

Azerbaijan launched a counter-offensive operation along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces and ensure the safety of the civilian population. Azerbaijan liberated Garakhanbeyli, Garvend, Kend Horadiz, Yukhari Abdulrahmanli villages of Fizuli district, Boyuk Marjanli, and Nuzgar villages of Jabrayil district as well as strategically-important Murov height and destroyed the positions of the Armenian armed forces in the direction of the Agdere district and Murovdag.

Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in a conflict over Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh breakaway region, which along with seven adjacent regions was occupied by Armenian forces in a war in the early 1990s. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and around one million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the United States, Russia and France has been mediating the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict since the signing of the volatile cease-fire agreement in 1994. The Minsk Group’s efforts have resulted in no progress and to this date, Armenia has failed to abide by the UN Security Council resolutions (822, 853, 874 and 884) that demand the withdrawal of Armenian military forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

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