Azerbaijan announced the loss of many thousands of Armenia after nightly battles. Armenia denies these figures

Azerbaijan announced the death and injury of 2,300 Armenian soldiers and numerous losses of military equipment. This information was provided at the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan on the morning of September 30.

“From September 27 until this morning, about 2300 enemy soldiers were killed and injured, about 130 tanks and other armored vehicles, more than 200 artillery, rocket launchers, mortars, about 25 air defense systems, six teams were destroyed,” he said the Azerbaijani army.

Fighting is now taking place along the entire front line, the Defense Ministry said. Azerbaijan accused the Armenian forces of shelling the city of Terter, located near Nagorno-Karabakh, on the morning of September 30.

“Civil infrastructure was damaged, several people were injured,” the ministry said.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry published images of the destruction of military equipment of the Armenian armed forces at the direction of Jabrayil.

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In Armenia it was reported that artillery was being fired along the entire Karabakh front line.

“At night, two enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were shot down in the skies over Stepanakert,” Shushan Stepanyan, press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defense wrote on Facebook.

Armenia denies the number of losses claimed by Azerbaijan.

“The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry mistakes the number of its own losses in one day and rewrites the Armenian forces”, – additional Stepanyan.

According to her, the Artsakh Defense Army (Nagorno-Karabakh) “confidently destroys the military and military equipment of the Azerbaijani army.”

Radio Azatunun, referring to Nagorno Karabakh Deputy Defense Minister Artur Sargsyan, reported the death of 500 Azerbaijani military personnel.

“In today’s battles, the enemy suffered the following losses: 17 tanks, four armored personnel carriers, three units of heavy engineering armored vehicles, 13 UAVs, more than 500 personnel,” Sargsyan said.

According to him, the Armenian side also suffered losses, which will be published later. Sargsyan reported on Turkish F-16 fighters in Karabakh airspace.

On September 27, 2020, large-scale hostilities began in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported on the bombing of peaceful settlements, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation” and bombardment of the Azerbaijani army positions. Azerbaijan announced the civilians killed and wounded as a result of the shelling from Armenia.

Due to the outbreak of the conflict, martial law was introduced in Armenia and in some regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries announced mobilization.

Turkey declared its support for Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia, which, according to Ankara, “once again violated international law.” Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that Armenia should leave the occupied territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia has already spoken of Turkey’s military intervention in the conflict. According to the country’s defense ministry, a Turkish Su-25 air force shot down a Turkish F-16 fighter jet. Turkey rejected this information and asked Armenia “to leave the occupied territories as soon as possible.”

The United States has warned other states not to interfere in the situation. Russia called on Turkey and other countries to convince Azerbaijan and Armenia to return to a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on Armistice and Ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region.

Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.