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The Azerbaijani cities of Mingachevir, Tartar and Horadiz have been launched with rockets, says Baku. The largest hydroelectric power station in Transcaucasia is located in Mingechaur.
On the night of October 4, the Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack on the Azerbaijani city of Mingachevir, on this wrote on Twitter, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev.
“The state terror of Armenia against the civilian population of Azerbaijan continues. A few minutes ago, the Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack on the industrial city of Mingechevir in Azerbaijan. There is a reservoir and a main power station in Mingechevir. A barbarous form to express despair, “Hajiyev said.
Armenia’s state terror against Azerbaijani civilians continues. Minutes ago, the Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack on #Mingachevir industrial city of Azerbaijan. Mingachevir is home to a key water reservoir and power plant. Barbaric expression of despair.
– Hikmet Hajev (@HikmetHajev) October 4, 2020
is he cleared upthat two missiles were fired at Mingechaur.
Armenian missile strikes against Azerbaijani civilians and civil infrastructure:
1. Ganja: 4 + Smerch missiles with cluster munitions. 2nd largest city.
2. Khizi and Absheron region: two 300 km medium-range missiles.
3. Mingachevir: 2 missiles. Water tank and power plant pic.twitter.com/m4vFz5zrKw– Hikmet Hajev (@HikmetHajev) October 4, 2020
A video of a missile attack on Mingechevir and the shooting down of missiles by air defense systems appeared on social media, the reliability of the record has not been confirmed.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reports that on the night of October 4, the cities of Terter and Horadiz were attacked with rockets, the Armenian army fired from the main city of the unknown Republic of Stepanakert (Khankendi) of Nagorno-Karabakh.
During the previous exacerbation of the Karabakh conflict in July 2020, there were reports that Armenia was allegedly considering the possibility of attacking the infrastructure of the Mingechevir hydroelectric power station, the largest in the Caucasus. A breakthrough of the reservoir dam could lead to a massive disaster. Baku claimed that they were ready to attack the Metsamor nuclear power plant in Armenia as a retaliatory measure.
On September 27, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the start of a counteroffensive. The Armenian authorities, in turn, declared that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft.
On October 3, Armenia announced that Azerbaijan launched a full-scale offensive, that the self-defense groups of the unrecognized republic managed to stop.
On October 4, rockets and artillery were fired at various Azerbaijani settlements, including the city of Ganja. The leadership of the unknown Nagorno-Karabakh Republic claimed responsibility for the bombing.
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