Artsakh defense army striking at Azerbaijan’s most important military facilities

YEREVAN, October 4. /ARKA/. The Artsakh Defense Army is already carrying out powerful strikes against the most important military facilities located deep in the rear of Azerbaijan, Shushan Stepanyan, the press secretary of the Armenian defense ministry, reports on her Facebook page presenting a video of the shelling of Stepanakert.

"The enemy continues to use prohibited types of weapons, targeting peaceful settlements, including the capital of Artsakh, Stepanakert," Stepanyan wrote.

According to her, the entire responsibility for raising the degree of tension in the conflict zone lies with the Azerbaijani side.

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. 

The Azerbaijani side suffered losses in manpower (more than 2,700 people killed and around 3,400 wounded) and equipment, in particular, 220 UAVs, 3 units of TOS – 1A, 4 Smerch MLRS, more than 350 tanks and other armored vehicles, 14 helicopters and 14 aircraft. According to the data of the defense ministry of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 200 Armenian servicemen were killed and hundreds wounded on the Armenian side. Also 12 civilians were killed and 64 wounded on the Armenian side. 

Armenia informed the international community, including the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, about the aggression by Azerbaijan against Artsakh, also about the shelling of peaceful settlements.

Martial law and general mobilization were declared in Artsakh and Armenia. -0---