Artsrun Hovhannisyan invites his counterpart to see the corpses of Azerbaijani subversive group by his own eyes

YEREVAN, APRIL 4, ARMENPRESS. Spokesperson of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan responded the announcement of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesperson VagifDyargahly that allegedly the photos and footages publicized by the Armenian Defense Ministry do not correspond to reality. In an interview with “Armenpress” Artsrun Hovhannisyan mentioned that he invites his Azerbaijani counterpart to see the corpses of Azerbaijani subversive group by his own eyes. “If they are not their soldiers, we were right when saying that there are mercenaries or other elements. Anyway, I invite him to get convinced in that. I ensure his personal security”, Hovhannisyan said.

Along the entire length of the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh- Azerbaijani opposing forces, on April 1 and throughout the morning of April 2, the adversary undertook large-scale offensive military actions, during which the adversary shelled with missile-artillery units not only Armenian defense positions, but also civilian settlements.

According to the data of the Defense Army, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired MM-21 (Grad) multiple rocket launcher on April 2, at 08: 30 in the direction of Martuni (NKR), killing 12 year old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two other children. 4 other civilians were wounded later. On April 3, it became known that Azerbaijani forces violently executed 3 civilians in Talish, who hadn’t yet been evacuated.

Due to the timely and professional actions of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army, it was possible to take the situation under control, and make the enemy suffer considerable losses. Starting from April 1 the Azerbaijani forces have sustained 200-300 casualties. Around 20 enemy tanks and 1 “Grad” missile system were destroyed.

On April 3, starting from 06:00, the adversary continued aggressive military operations by using missile-artillery systems and armored vehicles.

The Defense Army undertook counteroffensive measures and dominated the strategic base in the direction of Talis on April 3, which was earlier occupied by Azerbaijani forces.