Azerbaijan reports 79 troops killed in fighting with Armenia

79 Azerbaijani troops were killed in fighting with Armenia this week, TASS reported on Saturday, citing the country’s Defense Ministry.

A total of 230 Azeri service personnel were injured in hostilities unleashed by Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani forces began a massive attack against Armenia just after midnight on Tuesday, using combat drones, artillery and large-caliber firearms to shell both Armenian military positions and civilian infrastructure.

135 Armenian troops were killed in Azerbaijani attacks in two days.

The Defense Ministry said late on Wednesday that the hostilities stopped at 8pm local time. Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Armen Grigoryan announced shortly after midnight that Yerevan and Baku had agreed a ceasefire brokered by the international community.