Wounded Armenian kids’ condition stable and satisfactory: hospital

PanARMENIAN.Net - The condition of the children wounded in an Azerbaijani rocket and artillery attack on April 2 in Nagorno Karabakh, is assessed as stable and satisfactory, director of Arevik children's hospital said, Tert.am reports.

According to Mesrop Margaryan, one of the kids, Vardan Andreasyan underwent a second surgery, while the other one, Gevorg Grigoryan is in a stable condition.

“The children will be moved to a hospital ward to be discharged in several days,” Margaryan said.

12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was lethally wounded in the rocket and artillery attacks on April 2.

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 46 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 122 were wounded in the course of military operations.

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. Opposition media outlets, however, reported on the death of 81 Azerbaijani soldiers, stating that 6 more have gone missing. According to Karabakh authorities, 300 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.