(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 16. The
Azerbaijani army launched a counter-offensive operation, later
called the "Iron Fist," on September 27, 2020, in response to the
large-scale provocation of the Armenian armed forces along the
frontline.
The erupted 44-day Second Karabakh War ended with the
liberation of Azerbaijan's territories from nearly 30-year Armenian
occupation.
Trend presents
the chronicle of the 20th day of the Second Karabakh War:
- President Ilham Aliyev interviewed by the Haber TV channel.
- "Azerbaijan's glorious Army has liberated Khirmanjig, Aghbulag
and Akhullu villages of Khojavend district. Long live Azerbaijan's
Army! Karabakh is Azerbaijan!" President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a post on his official Twitter account.
- The artillery battery belonging to the Armenian armed forces
was destroyed, and the deputy commander of the forces regiment was
injured. A list of the equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces
destroyed at night was disclosed.
- The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office reported that 47 civilians were killed and 222 injured
as a result of shelling of Azerbaijani settlements by the Armenian
armed forces.
- The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry shared footage from villages of the Khojavend district of
Azerbaijan, which were liberated from the Armenian occupation.
- The Armenian armed forces, grossly violating the humanitarian
ceasefire, continued shelling the territories of Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam,
Aghjabadi, and Fuzuli districts of Azerbaijan.
- The Armenian armed forces launched a missile strike on the territory of the
Ordubad district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of
Azerbaijan.
- The Armenian side bombarded a cemetery in Ahmadaghalilar village, Aghdam
district.
- The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry shared new footage from the liberated Hadrut settlement.
- The state flag of Azerbaijan was raised above the border
outposts liberated from Armenian occupation.
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