Azerbaijani Defense Ministry refutes reports of alleged firing of Shusha and Khojavend civilians

The information spread by the Armenian media about the alleged firing of the civilians living in the cities of Shusha and Khojavend by the Azerbaijani army since the morning is false, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

"We once again declare that Azerbaijani army doesn’t shoot at the civilian population and infrastructure," the ministry added.

The Armenian armed forces committed a large-scale provocation, subjecting the positions of the Azerbaijani army to intensive shelling from large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery installations of various calibers in the front-line zone on Sept. 27 at 05:00 (Msk). The command of the Azerbaijani Army decided to launch a counter-offensive operation of Azerbaijani troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces and ensure the safety of the civilian population. To date, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts, including the cities of Jabrayil and Fizuli, the city of Zangilan and part of Zangilan district, part of the Gubaldi region, the city of Gubadli, the city of Hadrut and a number of villages in the Khojavend region, the villages of Sugovushan and Talish in the Terter region, as well as the strategically important Murovdag mountain were liberated.