50 Azerbaijani soldiers killed in border provocations by Armenia
Fifty Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed over the past few days in recent provocations by Armenia, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said.
“A total of 50 military personnel of the Armed Forces, including 42 military personnel from the Azerbaijan Army and 8 military personnel from the State Border Organisation, were martyred while preventing large-scale provocations,” the ministry stated on Tuesday.
They have accused Armenia of “large-scale provocations” in recent days, saying mines have been planted and Armenian forces carried out “intensive” firing on Azerbaijani positions.
And this behaviour led to the confrontation, they added.
On Tuesday, Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashiyan confirmed the death of 49 Armenian soldiers – who were killed in the latest border flare-up.