Though official sources of Azerbaijan continue keeping the precise number of the casualties of their own army caused by their agression against Nagorno Karabakh Republic on April 1-5 in secrecy, Azerbaijani sources inform about a number that three times exceeds the official data, based on their own investigations.
Azerbaijani Meydan TV has already collected personal data of 81 victims
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 9, ARTSAKHPRESS: The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan has officially informed the death of 31 servicemen (Mod.gov.az – April 2-12, April 3-3, April 4 and 5 -16), without publishing the names of the victims, which shows that the losses of the Azerbaijani side go far away.
Interestingly, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan has specially mentioned that if there are some sources that will announce other numbers of victims ‘'it is their own business’'.
Azerbaijani internet-based Meydan TV has announced the losses of Azerbaijani side based on its own analyses of information in the social networks, mentioning the names of all the killed and the place of their burial.
According to Meydan TV, by April 7 the Azerbaijani side has suffered 81 casualties, 6 missing in action and 6 civilians.
According to NKR Defense Army data, on April 1-5 as a result of the crushing counterattacks by the Armenian side against the military aggressions against the Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan lost 2 helicopters, 24 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 8 UAVs, 1 21-MM multiple rocket launcher system (Grad). During the military operations the Azerbaijani armed forces suffered more than 300 causalities, nearly 2000 wounded. On April 5 at 12:00, the fire was ceased in the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani opposing forces. The agreement of armistice was reached at the meeting of the Chiefs of General Staff of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow on April 5. Azerbaijan has violated the agreement several times, but in a much lower intensity.
