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Karabakh troops destroy 14 Azeri tanks and five armored vehicles

YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani armed forces lost yesterday and today 14 battle tanks and more than 5 units of other armored vehicles, including an infantry-fighting vehicle, the press service of the NKR Ministry of Defense said.

"The Karabakh army lost one tank", it said. The press service reports that the situation along the entire length of the Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line remains tense.

"The most violent clashes are taking place in the north-eastern and south-eastern sections. The Defense Army units are inflicting heavy losses to the enemy in manpower and military equipment in the direction of Talish. According to confirmed reports, Azeri forces lost three tanks in this section.’

Defense Ministry reminds that 2 tanks and one infantry-fighting vehicle were destroyed today in the south-eastern section, where fierce battles are occurring.

"The enemy is trying to compensate for their weakness on the contact line by using Grad and 152-milimmeter artillery guns to shell civilian targets in the town of Martakert," it says.