Chronicles of Victory: October 2, 2020

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 2. The Azerbaijani
Army launched a counter-offensive operation, later called the "Iron
Fist", on September 27, 2020 in response to the large-scale
provocation of the Armenian armed forces along the frontline,
Trend reports.
The erupted 44-day Second Karabakh War ended with liberation of
Azerbaijan’s territories from nearly 30-year Armenian
occupation.
Trend presents the chronicle of the war.
- On October 2, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gave an
interview to Al Jazeera. The president once again defended the
rightful position of Azerbaijan in the international media and
informed the international community about the reasons of the
Second Karabakh War and the latest situation in the region.
- On the night and in the morning of October 2, combat
operations continued in different directions of the front. In the
direction of Aghdara, Azerbaijani troops liberated the important
heights around Madagiz settlement (now renamed into Sugovushan) and
took control of it. From 00:00 to 07:00 (GMT +4), five Armenian
armored vehicles, three military infrastructure facilities and a
large number of personnel were destroyed. Armenian volunteers
brought from Armenia to Azerbaijani then-occupied territories
refused to fight under various pretexts, fearing the intensity of
the fighting and the heavy losses.
- Armenia shelled Azerbaijani settlements. The villages of
Khindiristan, Alibayli, Ahmadaghaly and Safarli in the Aghdam
district came under heavy artillery fire.
- The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has released new footages of
the battles. The Armenian manpower and equipment were
destroyed.
- Armenian servicemen inflicted strikes on a kindergarten in
Shikharkh settlement near Tartar city.
- Armenian armed forces fired on journalists who were reporting
from the frontline. The journalists who were operating in the
residential areas fired by Armenian forces came under sudden
shooting. Armenians shelled the area where the journalists
were.
- Shootout between Armenian soldiers. A shootout took place
between the soldiers of the 6th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the
Armenian Armed Forces in Madagiz (now Sugovushan), who withdrew
during the night fighting.
- Armenian military supplies and combat means were destroyed
- Armenia launched nearly 10 Tochka-U tactical missiles to the
Sabirkand settlement of Shamkir district.
- The Azerbaijani Army seized the battle flag of the Air
Discount Command Union of the Armenian Armed Forces’ 193rd airborne
assault battalion, as well as a large number of weapons and
ammunition of the Armenian forces who fled the battlefield,
helpless in the face of the strength of Azerbaijani Army. The
Armenian field control point, as well as several other Armenian
manpower and equipment were destroyed.

• Azerbaijan
• Army
• Liberation
• Iron Fist
• Second Karabakh War
• Armenian Occupation
• Counter-Offensive