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As Armenia celebrates victory, Azerbaijan mourns losses – defense official

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f573087c0194cf_573087c019506.thumbWhile the Armenians today are celebrating the anniversary of the liberation of Shushi as a landmark gain in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, the general mood in Azerbaijan is not absolutely festive, says an Armenian defense official.
“The war in April demonstrated yet another time that they only suffered losses in the [1990’s] battle,” Movses Hakobyan, the chief of the Armenian Armed Forces General Headquarters, told reporters in Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital, Stepanaket.
A high-ranking Armenian delegation including President Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan are in Karabakh today to attend the celebrations marking the Shushi liberation, and the Peace and Victory Day.

Azerbaijani army suffered over 200 losses Apr 1-2: #Karabakh

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209477The situation is extremely tense on the entire line of contact between the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan. Karabakh troops continue successfully conducting defensive battles.

According to the Karabakh Defense Army reports, at least 30 Azeri special forces soldiers were killed in Talish direction alone, two tanks and two unmanned drones were destroyed in Martakert direction, and a helicopter was downed in the northern direction of the contact line.

Battles are especially fierce in the southeastern direction. Using armored equipment, including BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, Azeris targeted not only Karabakh defense positions, but also civilian settlements, situated quite deep behind the frontline. Here, at around 12.30 pm, the Karabakh air defense units destroyed one Azerbaijani military helicopter and two more tanks.

The Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army estimates suggest that the Azerbaijani armed forces suffered more than 200 human losses on April 1-2.

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.

Aside from the battles on the frontline, the rival has also carried out artillery strikes on civilian settlements and places of permanent deployment of several military units.

On April 2, at around 8:30 am, the rival used BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the Martuni direction of the contact line. 12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was killed in the shelling, two more children were wounded.

Earleir, the Nagorno Karabakh special forces identified an Azerbaijani subversive group near the Levonarkh settlement and threw the saboterus back to their positions.

According to Armenia’s Defense Ministry, the rival troops retreated after suffering several human losses.

Azerbaijani army suffers 20 losses in front-line clashes – official

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f560bd3a4be3f2_560bd3a4be42d.thumbAzerbaijan’s army suffered 20 losses and had about 60-80 wounded servicemen in the past days’ frontline skirmishes, Artak Beglaryan, a spokesperson for Nagorno-Karabakh’s (Artsakh) prime minister, said on Facebook, citing the minister of defense.
According to his post, Levon Mnatsakanyan reported the losses at a National Assembly hearing, saying that the Defense Army is now in full control of the situation, reacting to the adversary to silence possible aggression.
“As a result, Azerbaijan has 11-12 victims whose names have been verified by the Defense Army; there are almost so many whose identity is now being established,
“Additionally, an estimated 60-80 wounded [servicemen] are in their hospitals as of now,” Mnatsakanyan said, adding that he is personally aware also of material damages suffered in the military operations that saw several military posts and units destroyed.
“Baku hasn’t apparently digested the assaults against the residents of [Armenia’s] Tavush [region] and the soldiers of the Artsakh Republic,” reads Beglaryan’s post.

Source: tert.am

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