According to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, representatives of “illegal armed formations” tried to seize the Gyrkhgyz height and “establish new combat positions there.”
“As a result of the retaliatory operation “Retribution” carried out by units of the Azerbaijani army, the heights of Gyrkhgyz, as well as Sarybaba and other dominant heights along the Karabakh ridge of the Lesser Caucasus, were taken under control,” the defense ministry said.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan also reported on the losses of the enemy.
“As part of the operation, several combat positions were destroyed, as well as an airstrike on a military unit in the Yukhari Oratagh settlement of the former Aghdara region. As a result,” illegal Armenian formations “have losses in killed and wounded,” the message says.
According to the message “Radio Azatutyun”the “People’s Karabakh Defense Army” confirmed the losses – two dead and 14 wounded as a result of the use of attack drones by Azerbaijan.
As the information resource writes “Caucasian Knot”partial mobilization has been announced in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the aggravation of the situation.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia declaredthat on August 3, the Azerbaijani military violated the ceasefire statement of November 9, 2020 and “went to aggression in the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers”, as a result of which there are dead and wounded. The agency accused Azerbaijan of intimidating the population of Nagorno-Karabakh, “ethnic cleansing and creeping occupation” of the region.
In its morning message on August 3, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan declared about the intensive shelling of their positions in the direction of the Lachin region and the death of one serviceman. After the incident, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Yerevan in violation of the terms of the tripartite agreement.
July 25 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discusses “historic opportunity for peace” in Nagorno-Karabakh in separate telephone conversations with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and offered US assistance in resolving the conflict.
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In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, declared independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on a truce and ceasefire, but from time to time there are armed clashes between the parties.
On September 27, 2020, a fire broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh the largest military conflict in recent yearswhich lasted for a month and a half. The parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft.
On the night of November 10, representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia (as a mediator) signed declaration to end the war in Karabakhknown as the trilateral agreement. According to the agreements, 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were stationed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan received the right to occupy three regions – Kalbajar, Aghdam and Lachin.
Pashinyan said that this decision was extremely difficult for him, but no alternative. Aliyev claimed that Pashinyan “forced” to sign a document“the most profitable” for Baku.
During the conflict, several thousand people died on each side.
After the signed peace agreement, conflicts and skirmishes periodically arise between the parties. In particular, in January 2022, the Armenian Ministry of Defense stated about the death of three of its soldiers on the border with Azerbaijan.
On March 24, Armenia announced that Azerbaijani armed forces moved forward in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia called on “Russian peacekeeping troops, in whose zone of responsibility a provocation is taking place,” to take action. The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan denied this, saying that “positions and places of deployment are being clarified.”
Russia accused Azerbaijan of violating agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh and called for the withdrawal of troops. Azerbaijan responded that the statement of the Russian Federation “contradicts the nature of bilateral relations”, demanded to ensure the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the territories and “not to use the expression” Nagorno-Karabakh “.
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