ArmInfo.The failed attack of Azerbaijani Army at the eastern sector is the attempt of Baku to decrease the attention of Artsakh soldiers at southern and northern sectors, Richard Giragossyan, the Director of Regional Studies Center shares his opinion.
To recall, on Feb 25 night the Azeri armed forces attempted to mount attacks on the southeastern (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) sections of the line of contact with the Artsakh troops by using special equipment and devices for demining. Due to the video surveillance devices, the forward detachments of the Defense Army of Artsakh fixed the advancement of the Azeri troops in both directions and made the adversary retreat.
The latter retreated, suffering losses. At least two Azeri servicemen were wounded and the bodies of several Azeri servicemen are in the neutral zone. The Artsakh side suffered no losses. By unconfirmed data, the adversary lost 7-16 people.
"Azerbaijani troops tried to implement juking move having a purpose to cover the real target and objective of their troops, to cheat the defending side and to inspire the expectation of the second wave of the attack at the same sector. Meanwhile, the next attack of Azerbaijan is expected in the southern and northern sector," Giragossyan stated during the discussions in respect to eternal and iternal factors of the situation escalation in the Karabakh conflict zone.
"Besides, with this last provocation Azerbaijan wanted to test the availability of armaments and readiness of Artsakh army. And this attempt finished with a failure, and Azerbaijani troops paid a high price for that," the expert summarized.
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry confirmed the fact of casualties in the result of diversion action.