Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense gives update on list of Armenian armed forces' destroyed military equipment

The troops of the Azerbaijani army, successfully advancing in the intended directions, liberated new strongholds and carried out a cleanup of the territory from the Armenian Armed Forces on Oct. 7, e-huquq.az reports citing the ministry.

During the combat operations, a significant amount of manpower, combat, and other equipment, as well as weapons of the Armenian armed forces were destroyed.

The total losses of Armenian Armed Forces from September 27 to 05:30 (GTM +4) on October 7 are as follows:

- up to 250 tanks and other armored vehicles;

- up to 270 artillery pieces, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortars;

- up to 60 Air Defense means;

- 11 command-control and command-observation posts;

- 8 ammunition depots;

- up to 150 vehicles;

- 1 S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27.

Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. As a result of retaliation, Azerbaijani troops liberated several territories previously occupied by Armenia, as well as take important, strategic heights under control.

The fighting continued into October 2020, in the early days of which Armenia has launched missile attacks on Azerbaijani cities of Ganja, Mingachevir, Khizi as well as Absheron district.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.