Karabakh military pursues and crushes attacking Azerbaijan detachment

STEPANAKERT. – An enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment launched an attack, on Thursday at around 8:30am, on the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army positions stationed in a northerly (Gyulistan) direction.

As a result of the skirmish that lasted about two hours, the Armenian military position holders and the relief forces compelled the adversary to flee. Subsequently, they pursued the said Azerbaijani military team and completely crushed them nearby their own military position.

Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army servicemen Hakob Khachatryan (born in 1996), Eduard Hayrapetyan (born in 1995), and Arshak Harutyunyan (born in 1995) bravely died and four other soldiers were wounded while confronting the adversary, the NKR Ministry of Defense reported.