BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 2. Azerbaijan is
commemorating the eighth anniversary of the nation’s navy success
in 2016 April battles, Pattern reviews.
On April 2, 2016, all of the frontier positions and settlements of
Azerbaijan had been subjected to heavy fireplace by the Armenian Armed
Forces. On account of the shelling of Azerbaijan’s settlements
situated alongside the road of contact, six civilians had been killed,
together with two kids underneath the age of 16. Quite a few public and
non-public services, together with civil infrastructure, had been severely
broken because of the assault.
Azerbaijan responded with an armed offensive, which resulted in
4 days of combating, because the nation liberated a number of vital
strategic spots beforehand occupied by Armenian Armed Forces.
Among the many liberated territories through the four-day combating
had been heights across the village of Talish, in addition to Seysulan
settlement, and Leletepe hill situated within the course of Fuzuli
district. On account of the April battles, 30 Armenian tanks, up
to fifteen artillery installations and engineering fortifications had been
subjected to destruction, 320 Armenian troopers had been killed and
over 500 enemy troopers had been wounded.
Army operations alongside the road of contact between the
Azerbaijani and Armenian forces ceased on April 5, by settlement of
the events.
On account of the profitable counteroffensive, greater than 2,000
hectares of territory had been liberated from the Armenian occupation.
The April battles, on the whole, demonstrated President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Ilham
Aliyev’s particular consideration to the military, the excessive fight readiness
of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces, their skill to liberate the
occupied territories.
Azerbaijani military’s victories within the April battles have laid the
basis for the liberation of Azerbaijani lands from the
Armenian occupation through the 44-day struggle (from late Sept. by
early Nov.2020).
