Azeri Captain killed in own failed subversive attack

PanARMENIAN.Net - On the night of April 6-7, the Azerbaijani forces initiated a subversive attack in the northeastern direction (Talish) of the contact line with Artsakh, the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army says.

Having timely identified the rival groups, Karabakh troops took defensive measures to throw the saboteurs back to their positions. In the course of the close combat, the dead body of Captain Vaqif Dilqem Bayramov from the Azerbaijani armed forces was left in the battlefield.

The incident yet again proves Azeri disregard for the ceasefire maintenance deal, as well as intention to destabilize the already explosive situation with provocations, Karabakh Defense Army says.

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral ceasefire 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.

As many as 33 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 121 were wounded in the course of military operations. 25 Karabakh soldiers have gone missing so far.

As of April 5, the Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, 1 engineering vehicle, 2 military helicopters and 11 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Azerbaijani side has admitted the loss of 31 fighters, 1 helicopter and 1 unmanned drones, whereas the Armenian side's photo and video materials show dozens of killed Azerbaijani troops, 1 helicopter and 3 UAVs.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.