Units of Armenian Armed Forces periodically shelled the villages of Huseynli and Gazyan of the Tartar district and the villages of Hajilar, Garakhanli and Boyat of Aghjabadi district of Azerbaijan from 08:05 (GMT +4) November 4, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
During the day on November 3 and night on November 4, the Armenian armed forces fired at the positions of the units of Azerbaijan Army in different directions of the front and Azerbaijani human settlements with various small arms, howitzers and mortars, the ministry added.
The combat operations continued with varying intensity, mainly in the Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavend, Zangilan and Gubadli direction of the front. The Armenian Armed Forces were forced to retreat with casualties on personnel and military vehicles in some areas of the front.
During the day and at nighttime, a large number of Armenian forces, 2 - T-72 tanks, 3 - D-30 howitzer-guns, 1 - "Zastava M-55" anti-aircraft gun, 1 - tactical UAV, 3 - military trucks were destroyed and wrecked.
At present, Azerbaijani troops are monitoring the operational situation.
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.
