Defence Ministry: Azerbaijan liberates more strategic heights

By Azernews

By Aisha Jabbarova

Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry announced the liberation of several advantageous high grounds around the village of Talysh in Tartar region on September 28, on the second day of clashes in the line of contact. 

"Units of the Azerbaijan Army, moving from the high grounds and advantageous positions liberated from the Armenian armed forces, continue the counter-attack to consolidate the achieved success," the ministry said.

Armenian troops were forced to retreat from the frontiers they were trying to hold, suffering heavy losses, the ministry said.

Tartar has been under fire from the Armenian armed forces units since the morning of September 28. Earlier, the ministry's leadership warned Armenia "for the last time that we will take adequate response measures against them."

The Azerbaijani army yesterday liberated strategically-important Murov height and destroyed the positions of the Armenian armed forces in the direction of the Agdere district and Murovdag.  Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov also said on September 27 that Azerbaijan liberated Garakhanbeyli, Garvend, Kend Horadiz, Yukhari Abdulrahmanli villages of Fizuli district, Boyuk Marjanli, and Nuzgar villages of Jabrayil district.

Armenian armed forces launched a large-scale provocation, subjecting the positions of the Azerbaijani army to intensive shelling from large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery installations of various calibers in the front-line zone on September 27 at 6 am.

The command of the Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive operation of Azerbaijani troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces and ensure the safety of the civilian population.