Today, 3 years have passed since Azerbaijan started Patriotic War, Ednews reports.
As a response to Armenia’s next military aggression against Azerbaijan starting on September 27, 2020, the Azerbaijani people began the Patriotic War under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev in order to liberate its lands from the occupation.
Our soldiers and officers showing heroism in the fight for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which is our work of Right and Honor, our civilians working in the rear front, in general, our people, demonstrating persistence and will, unity and solidarity as a fist, inflicted crushing blows on the enemy.
Most of our compatriots were martyred, went missing, injured, and lost their health. Our lands were liberated at the cost of the blood and life of our heroic martyrs, soldiers, officers and veterans.
2908 military servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were martyred, and 6 are considered missing in the Patriotic War.
Unable to withstand the triumphant march of the Azerbaijani Army, the enemy resorted to provocations and committed war crimes by targeting innocent civilians.
The second largest city of Azerbaijan, ancient Ganja with numerous historical and cultural monuments, Mingachevir (Water Power Station) and Yevlakh (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline), where strategic facilities are located, Beylagan, Barda, Tartar, Gabala, Goranboy, Agjabedi, Absheron, Khizi, and other regions were fired from ballistic missiles and other heavy artillery devices.
On September 27, 2020, as a result of the fall of a cannon shell on the house of Elbrus Gurbanov, in Gashalti-Garagoyunlu village of Naftalan city, a family - 5 people were completely destroyed.
On October 4, 5. 8, 11, and 17, as a result of missiles and heavy artillery, 26 people died, 175 people were injured in the city of Ganja, and civil infrastructure facilities and vehicles in the city were heavily damaged.
As a result of missile and heavy artillery attacks by Armenian armed forces, 29 people died, 112 people were injured in the Barda region, and civilian infrastructure facilities, and vehicles in the region were heavily damaged.
Totally, as a result of Armenia’s military aggression, 93 civilians were killed, including 12 children and 27 women, 454 civilians were injured, totally,12 292 residential and non-residential settlements, 288 vehicles were damaged, and 1,018 farms were found to be damaged.
In the period from September 27 to November 10, 2020, Armenia shelled Tartar, Agjabedi, and Goranboy districts, located both on the battlefield and outside the conflict zone, using prohibited and extremely dangerous phosphorus bombs 5 times at different times.
On October 8, November 3, 4, and 8, the armed forces of Armenia in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the persons leading the military units located in the territory of the Republic of Armenia and the criminal organizations created by them, grossly violating the requirements of Geneva Convention, dated 1949, on the protection of civilians during armed conflicts, using war methods leading to large scale destructions, to cause extensive, long-lasting and serious damage to the settlements located in the territories of Fuzuli and Tartar districts, where the civilian population or individual civilians who did not participate in the hostilities live, as well as to the environment in violation of the basic principles of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, containing 3.6 kilograms of P-4 chemical composition (white phosphorus) in each of the forests with valuable and perennial trees, which are considered a natural resource of the Republic of Azerbaijan, located in the territory of the city of Shusha, located in the village of Arayatli, Alkhanli, Tartar district of Fuzuli district in order to intentionally kill people. By firing at least 6 D-4-type 122-millimeter cannon shells and deliberately burning the natural resources located in those areas, they caused a large amount of damage, planned and carried out an aggressive war against the Republic of Azerbaijan, and committed a terrorist crime.
Despite all of these, the Azerbaijani Army, under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, liberated its lands from the occupation in 44 days of “Iron fist” operation, territorial integrity of our country was ensured.
Thanks to the Victory March, villages and cities were cleared of Armenian invaders one after the other.
On October 3, Sugovushan settlement of Tartar district, on October 4, Jabrayil district, on October 9, Hadrut settlement of Khojavand district, on October 17, Fuzuli district, on October 20 Zangilan district, on October 25 Gubadli district were liberated from the occupation.
