At least 70% of the population of Khankendi, that is, almost 40 thousand people, fleed to Armenia, the so-called "mayor" of the city David Sargsyan said.
According to him, about 17 thousand people remain in the city at the moment, the leadership of the separatists is preparing to evacuate them as well, Sputnik Armenia reported.
Sargsyan added that due to the lack of traffic in Khankendi, the so-called "city government" is trying to provide the people with food and basic necessities.
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.
