03 June 2021, 15:14
Azerbaijan updates its death toll in Nagorno-Karabakh
According to updated data, a total of 2900 Azerbaijani soldiers perished in Nagorno-Karabakh; 14 others are regarded as missing, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced. On the same day, the remains of another soldier, a resident of Goygol District, born in 1999, were found, the local administration has informed.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that after the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict in the fall of 2020, a total of 386 Azerbaijani soldiers were recognized as missing. By April 20, 362 of them were found dead. Investigators are trying to find out if any of the remaining 24 soldiers are in captivity or, if they had perished, whether their remains could stay in the enemy’s territory, the military prosecutor's office of Azerbaijan has reported. In May, the remains of the captain of the Azerbaijani army, Abulfaz Rakhmatov, who disappeared in the first days of the autumn battles in Nagorno-Karabakh, were found in the Djebrail District.
On March 2, the Azerbaijani MoD reported that 2881 bodies of soldiers who perished in the fall of 2020 in Nagorno-Karabakh had been identified. About 4000 soldiers were killed from the Armenian side. By April 14, the bodies of 3621 of them had been identified. 321 Armenian soldiers were reported missing. By May 5, Karabakh rescuers found the bodies of 1553 soldiers in the battlefield.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 3, 2021 at 07:40 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Author: Faik Medjid Source: CK correspondent
