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Azerbaijani armed forces killed 30 and wounded 20 Armenian servicemen in frontline this year

07 June 2012 14:53 (UTC +04:00)

According to the military sources and Armenian media and social network, 20 Armenian servicemen were wounded during the fighting. Three pieces of Armenian military weaponry used for staff transportation and field engineering work were destroyed in the frontline.

The number of Armenian servicemen killed and wounded by Azerbaijani Armed Forces as follows:

January â€“ 2 killed/1 wounded
February â€“ 5 killed/ wounded
March - 3 killed/4 wounded
April - 9 killed/ 4 wounded
May - 1 killed
June - 10 killed/8 wounded

Generally, the losses of the Armenian army are supposed to be more. Armenian media doesnâ€™t give any information about the casualties among the local draftees in Karabakh.

Monitoring showed that Armenian Defense Ministry twice made public the information about losses 5-7 days later, 4 times 2 or 3 days later.

The investigation shows that Armenian armed forces escalated tensions in Gazakh and Tovuz frontlines and also near Fuzuli and Khojavand regions in Karabakh frontline. Armenian losses occurred in the same frontlines. Generally Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire for 116 times in Fuzuli region, 54 times in Khojavand region, 89 times in Gazakh region, 57 times in Tovuz region during last 5 months.

According to the monitoring held by APA, in general, Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime for 538 times in frontlines during the last 5 months (January-May) in 2012.
One serviceman of Azerbaijani Army was taken captive by Armenians this year. 6 servicemen of Azerbaijani Armed Forces were killed and 7 wounded while preventing Armenian provocations.