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The Armenian army continues to suffer further losses amid its attacks on Azerbaijani soldiers and settlement areas at various points along the front despite a ceasefire, Baku’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
“During the day of November 2 and the night of November 3, the Armenian armed forces fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani army units in different directions from the front and our human settlements using various small arms, howitzers and mortars,” he added. the ministry said in a statement.
“Combat operations continued mainly in the direction of Aghdara, Khojavend, Zangilan and Gubadli,” the statement added.
Armenian forces were “forced to withdraw with casualties in military personnel and vehicles in some areas of the front,” the statement read.
“During the day and night, a large number of enemy troops, four BM-21” Grad “MLRS, a KUB air defense missile system, nine different types of howitzers and two trucks loaded with ammunition were destroyed and mangled,” added.
“At present, our troops are monitoring the operational situation,” the ministry said.
Consequently, Azerbaijani air defense units destroyed a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Armenian armed forces.
Since the fighting broke out on September 27, Armenia has repeatedly attacked Azerbaijan’s civilian population and its armed forces, violating three humanitarian ceasefires since October 10 in the process.
Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian army took control of Nagorno-Karabakh, an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions.
About 20% of Azerbaijan’s territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven other regions, has been under illegal Armenian occupation for almost three decades.
World powers, including Russia, France and the United States, have called for a sustainable ceasefire. Meanwhile, Turkey has supported Baku’s right to self-defense and has demanded the withdrawal of the occupation forces from Armenia.
