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YEREVAN, APRIL 14, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan fears to disclose to its own public the real number of casualties sustained as a result of its aggression against Nagorno Karabakh from April 1-5.
As “Armenpress” reports, this is evidenced by the total silence of the Azerbaijani leadership regarding the numerous demands of political activists to release information about the casualties.
It can be assumed that the real number of casualties is not disclosed because in reality, Azerbaijan suffered huge losses.
Regarding this, in an interview with musavat.com Azerbaijani military analyst Uzeyir Jafarov expressed his support to the non-disclosure position of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
According to him, if Azerbaijan releases the real number of its casualties, the adversary and external forces might “use” it against Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani pro-leadership analyst urged the public of Azerbaijan to refrain from such demands, stressing that the Defense Ministry’s position is “totally correct”.
Uzeyir Jafarov earlier agreed to that fact that the attacking side always suffers greater loss than the defending side.
The Azerbaijani side released the latest statement on its casualties on April 3, saying that Azerbaijan has 31 losses, without mentioning number of wounded or missing.
However, Meydan TV conducted a research and concluded that Azerbaijan lost 93 soldiers, 34 were wounded and 6 missing in action.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry did not comment on this.
The International Bellingcat analytical organization earlier reported that Azerbaijan suffered a minimum of 400 killed soldiers.
Despite the ceasefire agreement which was initiated by the Azerbaijani side on April 5 at 12:00, Azerbaijan continues violating it and opens fire at Armenian positions and civilian settlements.
According to Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army’s data, during the Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno Karabakh from April 1-5, the Azerbaijani side lost 2 helicopters, 24 tanks, 3 battle vehicles, 1 engineering hardware, 7 UAVs, 1 MM-21 multiple rocket launcher. During the operations Azerbaijan lost 500 soldiers and 2000 were wounded.