The Air Defense troops of the Defense Army of Artsakh have shot down an attacking Azerbaijani military aircraft in the southern direction around 08:30, October 21, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The attacking Azerbaijani armed forces are retreating in the southern direction of Artsakh – at the Khudaferin Reservoir – by suffering big losses, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Ministry of Defense of Artsakh said 43 more of its troops have been killed in action in the defensive operations against the Azerbaijani attacks.
Iran has decried the “Takfiri” style beheadings after what they described as “worrying” images were released from Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The Azerbaijani military has deployed air force and artillery in the northern flank of the Artsakh frontline, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The situation at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan conflict zone was “relatively stable but tense” overnight October 19-20, the governmental Armenian Unified InfoCenter said.
‘’The Defense Army is carrying out very heavy clashes against the Azerbaijani armed forces in that section’’, Poghosyan said.
Prime Minister of Armenia NIkol Pashinyan and president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev spoke about the readiness to meet in Moscow under Russian mediation.
The Defense Ministry of Artsakh reported today that an additional 19 of its servicemen have been killed in action in the defensive operations against the Azerbaijani attacks.
In a strongly worded resolution introduced this week condemning Turkey’s attacks on American forces and citing Ankara’s ongoing support for terrorists, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) called for the U.S. to work with allies in removing Turkey from NATO, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.
