PanARMENIAN.Net Clashes are currently underway on the contact line between the Artsakh Republic and Azerbaijan.
During the military actions, the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army units destroyed one more tank in the northeastern direction of the contact line, one BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the northern direction, and one unmanned aerial vehicle in Martakert direction.
In adition, one unit of engineering equipment was destroyed (the type is not specified).
On the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh, using artillery, armored fighting vehicles and air force equipment among other weapons.
As many as 18 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 35-40 were wounded in the course of military operations.
As of April 3, the Azerbaijani side has lost 15 tanks and over 5 armored vehicles, including an IFV, as well as 2 military helicopters and 3 unmanned aerial vehicles.
One Karabakh tank has been destroyed so far.
Inter-ethnic clashes between the two broke out shortly after the parliament of the NKAO in Azerbaijan voted to unify the region with Armenia on 20 February 1988. The circumstances of the dissolution of the Soviet Union facilitated an Armenian separatist movement in Soviet Azerbaijan. The declaration of secession from Azerbaijan was the final result of a territorial conflict regarding the land.