Situation is tense in Artsakh’s Askeran region
27.10.2020,
10:43
On the night of October 27, it was comparatively calm in all the settlements of Artsakh, the Artsakh State Emergency Service reported Tuesday morning.
YEREVAN, October 27. /ARKA/. On the night of October 27, it was comparatively calm in all the settlements of Artsakh, the Artsakh State Emergency Service reported Tuesday morning.
"And in the upper sub-region of Askeran, in general, stable tension still remains," the service reports on its Facebook page.
War in Artsakh
On September 27, at 07:10, Azerbaijani troops launched an offensive along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, but were thrown back in several directions. Intense fighting continues in the south, southeast and north of the front line. Turkey joined the aggression. Residential areas are being shelled as well.
Azerbaijan is supported by the Turkish Armed Forces and foreign mercenary terrorists recruited by it. The Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression encounters a decisive rebuff from the Armenian Armed Forces along the entire frontline.
The Azerbaijani side suffered losses in manpower (more than 6,674 people killed and thousands wounded) and equipment, in particular, 217 UAVs, 6 units of TOS – 1A, 4 Smerch and Uragan MLRS, more than 600 tanks and other armored vehicles, 16 helicopters and 24 aircraft. According to the data of the defense ministry of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 960 Armenian servicemen were killed and hundreds wounded on the Armenian side. Also 38 civilians were killed and more than 120 wounded on the Armenian side. -0--
