BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 30. The Azerbaijani
Army launched a counter-offensive operation, later called ‘Iron
Fist’ in response to Armenian armed forces on September 27, 2020,
Trend reports.
The 44-day second Karabakh war brought an end to 30-year
occupation of Azerbaijani lands and the restoration of country’s
territorial integrity.
Trend presents chronicle of Azerbaijan’s second Karabakh war for
September 30, 2020:
– President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban
Aliyeva met with wounded soldiers.
– President of the European Council Charles Michel made a
phone call to President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
– The Armenian armed forces used the Tochka-U high-precision tactical ballistic
missile system. However, due to the unsuitability and poor quality
of the Armenian troops’ military equipment, three of the fired
missiles didn’t explode.
– The Azerbaijani Army disabled one S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the
Armenian armed forces during the fighting in the Shushakand village
of the Khojaly district.
– The Armenian armed positions of the 1st Battalion of the 5th
Motorized Rifle Regiment Tartar district’s Hasangaya settlement and
the 1st Battalion of the 6th Motorized Rifle Regiment stationed in
the Talish direction were destroyed. The enemy’s military equipment
in the Jabrayil direction of the front was destroyed. The
Azerbaijani Army units subjected the 4th battalion of the Armenian armed forces in the
Fuzuli direction, to heavy artillery fire. The command post of the
41st separate regiment of the 18th motorized rifle division was
also fired upon. The troop control was completely broken.
– The personnel of the 2nd Battalion of the seventh Mountain
Rifle Regiment of the 10th Mountain Rifle Division of the 1st
Combined Arms Army of Armenia in Tonashen, suffered big losses and left their defensive positions without
permission. A blow was struck at the headquarters of the 5th
Mountain Rifle Regiment in the Aghdere settlement of the
division.
– The Azerbaijani Army conducted operations to destroy Armenian manpower and military
equipment, surrounded in the Aghdere and Tartar directions, as well
as continued the cleansing of the territory.
Suffering significant losses in manpower and military equipment,
the enemy couldn’t cope with the evacuation of the dead and
wounded.
– Some 46 civilians have been injured, and 14 have been killed as a
consequence of heavy artillery shelling of Azerbaijani densely
populated areas.
