ArmInfo. The April war of 2016 gave an answer to the most important question - how much the new generation is able to ensure the safety of the homeland. This was announced on April 2 at a meeting of the Government of the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. According to him, the war answered this question. Armenian soldiers, showing examples of courage and heroism, with the same with determination they declared a worthy generation, which replaced the first generation of representatives of the Arkhakh movement..
Recall that on the night of April 2, 2016, the armed forces of Azerbaijan carried out large-scale military aggression against Artsakh. The war was accompanied by war crimes, gross violations of the laws and customs of war, as well as international humanitarian law.
April military operations became the largest after the ceasefire agreement of May 1994. During the fighting from April 2 to 5, all Armenian military units, including artillerymen, tankers and anti-tank units, showed excellent performance.
During intense fighting, the Artsakh Defense Forces destroyed 2 Azerbaijani helicopters attacking the positions of the Armenian side, 26 tanks, as well as 14 drones, 1 BM-21 (Grad) missile and artillery installation, 4 BMP and 1 engineering installation. During the fighting on the contact line, the Armenian side lost 64 military personnel, 13 volunteers, 4 civilians, more than 120 people were injured, another 9 military personnel died after the cessation of active military operations, from April 13, several died later in hospitals.
Based on the data of the State Department, presented on May 16 in Vienna in the same year, it becomes clear that in addition to 81 losses from the Armenian side, about 270 Azerbaijanis died. At the same time, analysts at the Bellingcat international research group estimate the losses of Baku at 400-500 killed soldiers.