Situation in Artsakh war frontline: Battles for Shushi, war trophies and captured Azerbaijani servicemen

YEREVAN, November 9. /ARKA/. Representative of the Artsakh Defense Army Suren Sarumyan presented Monday night the situation in Artsakh at a briefing in the Unified Infocenter.

"In the last 3-4 days, the enemy concentrated its main efforts on Shushi. During this period, there were fierce battles. The units of the Defense Army resolutely defended and defnd one of the symbols of Artsakh, the fortress city of Shushi and are determined to fulfill their task with honor," he said.

Sarumyan said that today the enemy again launched attacks in the direction of Shushi, the attacking units and formations were found and stricken, and they suffered heavy losses. He noted that in this area the Artsakh divisions managed to capture two Azerbaijani servicemen.

"The enemy also took military action in other sections of the frontline. Our troops took more favorable positions in some sectors. One tank, 4 vehicles and 8 UAVs belonging to the enemy forces were destroyed during the day," Sarumyan said.

According to him, as a result of actions in the southwestern sector, army units managed to take artillery means as a trophy.

War in Artsakh

Since September 27, Azerbaijani troops have been carrying out military aggression along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, conducting artillery and rocket attacks, including against civilians and civilian infrastructures. Strikes were also carried out at civilian and military targets on the territory of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani side is supported by the Turkish Armed Forces and the foreign terrorist mercenaries recruited by it. The Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression encounters a decisive rebuff from the Armenian Armed Forces along the entire frontline.

According to the official reports on the Armenian side, Azerbaijan sustains huge losses in manpower. Its death toll since the beginning of the war is 7,630. Also 264 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 784 armored vehicles, 4 Smerch and Uragan rocket launchers as well as 6 TOS units have been destroyed since the beginning of war. More than 1,110 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 50 civilians were killed and 148 wounded in Artsakh. 

Since the beginning of the war, there have been three attempts to establish a humanitarian ceasefire. All three agreements, which were reached on October 10 through the mediation of the Russian Federation, on October 17 through France and on October 25 through the mediation of the United States, were violated by Azerbaijan. -0---