Azerbaijani Defense Ministry lists Armenian military equipment destroyed

28 October 2020 15:08 (UTC+04:00)

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A large number of manpower, as well as 1 Osa air defense system, 3 BM-21 Grad multiple launch missile system, 6 D-30, 5 D-20, and 1 D -44 howitzer-cannons, 2 2A36 ‘Hyacinth-B’ guns, 1 120-mm mortar, 1 Konkurs anti-tank missile system and 6 units of Armenian vehicles were destroyed during the day and night of Oct. 27, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Currently, Azerbaijani Armed Forces are controlling the operational situation.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery.

Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. As a result of retaliation, Azerbaijani troops liberated a number of territories previously occupied by Armenia, as well as take important, strategic heights under control.

The fighting continued into October 2020, in the early days of which Armenia has launched missile attacks on Azerbaijani cities of Ganja, Mingachevir, Khizi as well as Absheron district.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, the Armenian Armed Forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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