Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reports 50 soldiers killed in battles on border with Armenia
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During the fighting on the border with Armenia, 50 Azerbaijani servicemen were killed, should from the press release of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.
“When preventing the provocation of the Armed Forces of Armenia, 50 servicemen were killed, including 42 people from the ranks of the armed forces and 8 people from the state border service,” the report says.
The aggravation of the conflict on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border occurred on the night of September 13. According to the Armenian side, from midnight Azerbaijan began to conduct intense fire in the direction of settlements in the south-east of the country. According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, at least 49 people from the republic died as a result of the conflict.
In turn, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that the reason for the aggravation was “intensive shelling over the past month of the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Kalbajar, Lachin, Dashkesan and Gedabek directions and large-scale provocations committed today,” and placed all responsibility for what happened on the military leadership of Armenia.
Baku and Yerevan, through the mediation of Moscow, were able to agree on a ceasefire from 09:00 Moscow time. The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the need to observe the ceasefire in accordance with the tripartite statements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia dated November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021.
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