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Azerbaijan Says Nearly 3,000 Troops Killed in Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting

RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service

   BAKU - Azerbaijan has revealed the number of casualties sustained by
   its military personnel during the recent 44-day war with Armenia over
   the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.

   The Interior Ministry said in a [1]December 3 statement that 2,783 of
   its soldiers and officers were killed during the conflict, which the
   ministry described as the Patriotic War, adding that the number
   included bodies of 103 servicemen who are still being identified via
   DNA analysis.

   According to the statement, more than 100 military personnel remain
   missing, and 1,245 servicemen wounded during the war -- which started
   on September 27 and ended on November 10 with the restoration of Baku's
   control over seven adjacent districts and some parts of the breakaway
   region -- are currently receiving treatment at medical institutions.

   On December 2, Armenian Health Ministry officials told RFE/RL that the
   remains of 2,718 servicemen killed in the war had been examined by
   medical personnel, adding that the bodies of Azerbaijani soldiers could
   be among the corpses.

   De facto officials of the Nagorno-Karabakh region have said that 1,741
   Armenian soldiers and officers killed in the war had been identified so
   far.

References

   1. https://mod.gov.az/en/news/information-of-the-ministry-of-defense-of-the-republic-of-azerbaijan-33991.html

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