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On May 18, 1992, Defense Army of Artsakh liberated Lachin
18/05/2013 13:30:00
Oratert News
20 years ago, on May 18, 1992, the defense army of Artsakh liberated
Lachin (now Berdzor), which was of vital importance. After liberation
of Shushi, the Armenian forces had a new goal - to cleave the Road of
Life at the shortest section between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia,
since Karabakh was under conditions of severe economic blockade.
Electricity and gas supplies were halted. Ammunition, food and
medicine were delivered from Armenia by civil aviation, the flight
becoming possible after liberation of Khojalu, where the only airport
in Karabakh was located.
On May 13, 1992, the Armenian forces continued concentrating near
Zarasly settlement located between Shushi and Lachin. The
communication with Lachin was cut off, while its hospital, school and
building of local administration were destructed.
On May 15, Armenian detachments attacked upland Gulablu settlement of
Aghdam region. Azerbaijani troops, which had numerical and positional
advantages, repelled the attack. The enemy's army fired at civilians
of Stepanakert and other Armenian settlements from high levels of
Gulablu.
On May 17, the Armenian forces rebuffed the Azerbaijani army's attack
on Shushi with participation of 1,000 soldiers through the support of
20 tanks and other armored vehicles.
According to the NKR defense army, fire exchanges took place in Lachin
between the Azerbaijani armed detachments and local Kurds. However, as
soon as traffic through a bypass road from Berdzor to Goris region was
resumed, the Azerbaijani detachments started urgently leaving Lachin.
On May 18, Armenian then-Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan told a
parliament sitting in Armenia that the road linking Nagorno Karabakh
with Armenia is open. A representative of the Azerbaijani defense
ministry admitted fall of Lachin in the second half of May 18.
Berdzor, the center of Kashatagh region, continues to serve as the
Road of Life connecting Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh also today. While
the Karabakh leadership has numerously stated that Berdzor will never
be transferred to Azerbaijan - the Lachin corridor cannot be a subject
of negotiations, since secure and normal existence of NKR is
impossible without it.
18/05/2013 13:30:00
Oratert News
20 years ago, on May 18, 1992, the defense army of Artsakh liberated
Lachin (now Berdzor), which was of vital importance. After liberation
of Shushi, the Armenian forces had a new goal - to cleave the Road of
Life at the shortest section between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia,
since Karabakh was under conditions of severe economic blockade.
Electricity and gas supplies were halted. Ammunition, food and
medicine were delivered from Armenia by civil aviation, the flight
becoming possible after liberation of Khojalu, where the only airport
in Karabakh was located.
On May 13, 1992, the Armenian forces continued concentrating near
Zarasly settlement located between Shushi and Lachin. The
communication with Lachin was cut off, while its hospital, school and
building of local administration were destructed.
On May 15, Armenian detachments attacked upland Gulablu settlement of
Aghdam region. Azerbaijani troops, which had numerical and positional
advantages, repelled the attack. The enemy's army fired at civilians
of Stepanakert and other Armenian settlements from high levels of
Gulablu.
On May 17, the Armenian forces rebuffed the Azerbaijani army's attack
on Shushi with participation of 1,000 soldiers through the support of
20 tanks and other armored vehicles.
According to the NKR defense army, fire exchanges took place in Lachin
between the Azerbaijani armed detachments and local Kurds. However, as
soon as traffic through a bypass road from Berdzor to Goris region was
resumed, the Azerbaijani detachments started urgently leaving Lachin.
On May 18, Armenian then-Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan told a
parliament sitting in Armenia that the road linking Nagorno Karabakh
with Armenia is open. A representative of the Azerbaijani defense
ministry admitted fall of Lachin in the second half of May 18.
Berdzor, the center of Kashatagh region, continues to serve as the
Road of Life connecting Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh also today. While
the Karabakh leadership has numerously stated that Berdzor will never
be transferred to Azerbaijan - the Lachin corridor cannot be a subject
of negotiations, since secure and normal existence of NKR is
impossible without it.