"On October 19 and on the night of October 20, the Armenian armed forces attempted resisting in the Aghdere-Aghdam, Fizuli-Hadrut-Jabrayil, and Gubadli-Zangelan directions of the front," the Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan reveals.
According to the agency, the Armenian armed forces fired at Azerbaijani defensive positions using small arms, mortars, and howitzers.
"As a result of the Azerbaijan Army's operations, many troops, two T-72 tanks, four BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, one D-30 gun-howitzer, and five auto vehicles of the Armenian armed forces got destroyed and wrecked in different directions of the front.
Azerbaijani troops control the operational situation along the entire frontline," reads the statement.
As a result of the Azerbaijan Army's artillery strikes, a large number of military personnel of the Armenian units of the 1st motorized rifle regiment were killed and wounded. They neutralized Deputy regiment commander Hovik Melkumyan, another official Gor Mirzoyan, and captain Vahab Asatryan, commander of the special forces unit positioned in the regiment's defensive line.
There are many dead and wounded among the Armenian units' military personnel in the defense area of the 2nd and 5th mountain rifle regiment. The unit commander Norik Ağakelyan was among the injured.
"Legion" detachment of mercenaries positioned in the defensive zone of the 18th motorized rifle division and reservists refused to take part in the fighting.
Besides, the 10th mountain rifle division suffered casualties in terms of manpower. The unit, which lost two-thirds of its military personnel, was forced to retreat, leaving their positions.
Thirty servicemen of one of the Armenian units, which launched a counterattack in the Fizuli direction of the front, was destroyed by the Azerbaijan Army's fire strike.
Regiment commander Colonel Tatul Ghazaryan, deputy regiment commander Armen Ohanyan and Commander of the 3rd battalion, got also neutralized in the defense area of the 246th regiment as a result of special operations.
