The number of fallen Armenian troops in the Azeri attack has reached 59 as the Artsakh Defense Army released the names of 28 servicemen that were killed in action.
Armenia’s foreign ministry issued a statement over the Azerbaijani aggression against Artsakh.
The Azerbaijani military continues to target the civilian population of Artsakh in artillery strikes, Armenian defense ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a news conference.
The Artsakh Defense Army forces carry out heroic battles in the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact to suppress the Azerbaijani attacks, Armenian defense ministry representative Artsrun Hovhannisyan said during a press conference.
The Artshaki military did not suffer losses in the Azerbaijani TOS heavy artillery system attack at 07:30 September 28, the Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said, posting footage from the shelling amid the ongoing Azerbaijani attack on Artsakh.
The Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) military says 15 more of its troops have been killed amid the Azerbaijani attack.
The Human Rights Organization of Afrin has released a list of rebel divisions active in Syria that have been transported to Azerbaijan and hired as mercenaries to fight against the Artsakh military in the ongoing Azeri offensive.
The defense ministry of Artsakh informs that intense fighting continued overnight in the southern, south-eastern and northern directions of the frontline.
The Azerbaijani armed forces applied artillery, armored vehicles and TOS multiple rocket launcher at the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact, Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
“Analysis of the collected data proves that the Azerbaijani military deliberately targeted the civilian population, which constituted a gross violation of international humanitarian law. The Human Rights Defender calls on the international community to give respective assessment to the Azerbaijani actions, moreover during the COVID-19 pandemic.
