Karabakh soldier wounded in Azerbaijan’s gunfire on contact line

PanARMENIAN.Net - The operative situation was unchanged on the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan on the night of April 15-16.

70 ceasefire violations by the rival were registered in the reporting period.

On April 16, at around 2:15 am, a Karabakh serviceman, Gagik Khurshudyan received a gunshot wound in Azerbaijan’s shooting.

To suppress the Azerbaijani side’s attacks, Karabakh Defense Army troops took preventive measures to continue controlling the situation on the contact line.

Besides, Karabakh army said the Armenian side found the body of an Azeri soldier during engineering works.

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral cessation of fire along the contact line which came into force at midday, April 5.

Prior to that, on the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.

The Armenian side has suffered 77 combat and 15 non-combat losses, 122 more were wounded. One soldier is still missing.

The Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multipl e rocket launcher, 1 engineering vehicle, 2 military helicopters and 14 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Azerbaijani side has admitted the loss of 31 fighters, 1 helicopter and 1 unmanned drone, whereas the Armenian side's photo and video materials show dozens of killed Azerbaijani troops, 1 helicopter and 3 UAVs. Opposition media outlets, however, reported on the death of 95 Azerbaijani soldiers, stating that 39 more have been wounded. According to Karabakh authorities, 300 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.