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OCTOBER 29 MARKS 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF KOVSAKAN LIBERATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 29, 2012 - 17:53 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Artsakh defense forces liberated Kovsakan (formerly
known as Zangelan) on October 29, 1993, with the town and the
neighboring settlements fully freed November 1.
Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement
August 31. Baku, however, used the document for boosting the military
capacity namely with Turkish ammunition, about 1500 Afghan mujahideens
(the total number reached 2000), about 1000 mercenaries (the total
number amounting to 2000) and numerous Turkish officers.
Already in fall, Azerbaijan deployed 70000 soldiers, 240 tanks,
650 armored personnel carriers and IFVs, 520 artillery systems, 50
aircrafts and 30 helicopters along the borders with NKR. Meanwhile,
Artsakh defense army consisted of 20000 soldiers (7000 from Armenia
and Diaspora), 150 tanks, 220 units of armored vehicles, 150 artillery
pieces and 10 helicopters.
Confident of its military superiority, Azerbaijani army resumed
hostilities in Hadrut direction October 3, with NKR army succeeding
in seizing strategically important Horadiz area on October 23-24. On
October 27, NKR leadership suspended operations to enable the civilian
population to move to Iran. However, already the next day, Artsakh
defense army resumed actions to counter Azeri advancement towards Boyuk
Bahmanli village. After the liberation of Mindzhivan railway station,
NKR forces entered Kovsakan October 29, and took full control of the
town on November 1 morning.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 29, 2012 - 17:53 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Artsakh defense forces liberated Kovsakan (formerly
known as Zangelan) on October 29, 1993, with the town and the
neighboring settlements fully freed November 1.
Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement
August 31. Baku, however, used the document for boosting the military
capacity namely with Turkish ammunition, about 1500 Afghan mujahideens
(the total number reached 2000), about 1000 mercenaries (the total
number amounting to 2000) and numerous Turkish officers.
Already in fall, Azerbaijan deployed 70000 soldiers, 240 tanks,
650 armored personnel carriers and IFVs, 520 artillery systems, 50
aircrafts and 30 helicopters along the borders with NKR. Meanwhile,
Artsakh defense army consisted of 20000 soldiers (7000 from Armenia
and Diaspora), 150 tanks, 220 units of armored vehicles, 150 artillery
pieces and 10 helicopters.
Confident of its military superiority, Azerbaijani army resumed
hostilities in Hadrut direction October 3, with NKR army succeeding
in seizing strategically important Horadiz area on October 23-24. On
October 27, NKR leadership suspended operations to enable the civilian
population to move to Iran. However, already the next day, Artsakh
defense army resumed actions to counter Azeri advancement towards Boyuk
Bahmanli village. After the liberation of Mindzhivan railway station,
NKR forces entered Kovsakan October 29, and took full control of the
town on November 1 morning.