But even with all these the Azerbaijani armed forces did not manage to change the course of events to their advantage. Moreover, the Defense Army units in all the directions of the front line not only successfully carried out positional battles, but also destroyed 5 tanks, 3 drones, different types of equipment and dozens of manpower due to professional and pertinacious operations.
His Holiness Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram A held a second phone conversation with President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan and stated, “The entire Diaspora is recruited at Karabakh’s side, and with united spirit, will and faith is ready to assist Karabakh, in every sense.”
On April 1 and 2, the Azerbaijani military started to launch attacks on Armenian positions, resulting in casualties on both sides. The 20-year-old Ezidi soldier Karam Sloyan from Armenia who was among the casualties was apparently beheaded. Pictures of Azerbaijani soldiers posing with Sloyan´s decapitated head surfaced on VKontakte, a Screenshot of a pro Azerbaijani page on VK which has been deleted popular social network in Eastern Europe.
As a result of the Azerbaijani unleashed large-scale military operations and attacks, as of April 4, 11:00, Artsakh sustained 20 casualties. 26 soldiers are missing in action. This was stated during the press conference in Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
The Azerbaijani army has lost 18 tanks, 2 helicopters, 6 infantry fighting vehicles and other military equipment. According to the NKR estimates, the Azerbaijani military has 300 casualties. told during the press meeting in the NKR.
“On statement issued by Azerbaijani MOD, that they’ll hit Stepanakert. In this regard, David Tonoyan, RA MOD First Deputy, warned A.Kasprshik. And to Hasanov we say—just try to…” Artsrun Hovhannisyan, RA MOD Press Speaker, wrote on his Facebook page.
“Regrettably, multiple warnings of the Armenian side that sooner or later Azerbaijan would become hostage to its own Armenophobic rhetoric and would plunge into a new military adventurism and therefore the aggressor must be contained by all possible means, fell short of desirable results. When Azerbaijan was bragging about the acquisition of arms and weaponry in profound quantities, the international community remained silent or almost silent.”
“I consider, Russia will really try to implement unilateral mediation, trying to reach its desire of deploying “peacekeepers.” Shoygu’s visit to Baku and Medvedev’s upcoming visit to Yerevan may be used for that very purpose, and I also think that a bit later, S.Sargsyan and I.Aliyev will be invited to Russia. “
“Replying to the classic question, to whom this may be profitable, I tend to suppose—only to Putin, so that he declares himself the biggest peacemaker for the third time. Putin needs to appear on the TV all the time, as a global policy “problem-solver,” so that he either waged a war or suspended it, or pacified. What is crucial, that he was always at a big policy table, his feet on that very table,” Russian analyst concludes.
“The Minsk Group is a mediating forum to help Azerbaijan and Armenia to negotiate with each other,” former diplomat said. According to Richard D.Kauzlarich further developments of NKR conflict zone are in the hands of Armenians and Azerbaijanis alone.
