The Armenian Armed Forces’ another provocation was suppressed by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the state border with Armenia in the direction of Zangilan district on November 2, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said.
The reconnaissance and sabotage group of the Armenian Armed Forces, which, having attacked the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, tried to seize strategic heights on the state border, was neutralized.
As a result, the Armenian troops were forced to retreat, suffering losses and leaving weapons and ammunition on the battlefield.
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.
