Today, 2 years have passed since the beginning of the Patriotic War of Azerbaijan.

APA informs that in response to Armenia's next military aggression against Azerbaijan, which began on September 27, 2020, the people of Azerbaijan started the Patriotic War under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev in order to liberate the occupied lands.

Our soldiers and officers, our soldiers and officers, our civilians working on the rear front, who are doing our work for justice and honor, and the struggle for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as a whole, showed determination and will, unity and solidarity like a fist, and dealt crushing blows to the enemy.

Many of our compatriots were martyred, went missing, were injured and lost their health.

Our lands were freed from occupation at the cost of the blood and lives of our martyrs, soldiers and officers, veterans.

2,908 servicemen of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces were martyred in the Patriotic War, and 6 people are considered missing.

The enemy, who could not stand the victory march of the Azerbaijan Army, resorted to provocations and committed war crimes by targeting innocent civilians.

The second largest city of Azerbaijan, ancient Ganja with numerous historical and cultural monuments, Mingachevir (Hydroelectric Power Station) and Yevlakh (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline), where strategic facilities are located, Beylagan, Barda, Tartar, Gabala, Goranboy, Agjabedi. , Absheron, Khizi and other regions were fired from ballistic missiles and other heavy artillery devices.

On September 27, 2020, a family of 5 people was completely destroyed as a result of a shell falling into the house of villager Gurbanov Elbrus Isa oglu, located in the village of Gaşaltı-Garagoyunlu, Naftalan city.

On October 4, 5, 8, 11 and 17, as a result of rocket and heavy artillery attacks, 26 people were killed and 175 people were injured in Ganja city, civil infrastructure facilities and vehicles were heavily damaged in the city.

As a result of the rocket and heavy artillery attacks of the Armenian armed forces, 29 people were killed and 112 people were injured in Barda region, civil infrastructure facilities and vehicles in the region were heavily damaged.

In general, as a result of the military aggression of Armenia, 93 civilians, including 12 children and 27 women, were killed, 454 civilians were injured, 12,292 residential and non-residential areas, 288 vehicles were damaged, and 1,018 farms were damaged. .

In the period from September 27 to November 10, 2020, Armenia shelled Tartar, Agjabedi and Goranboy districts, located both on the battlefield and outside the conflict zone, using prohibited and extremely dangerous phosphorus bombs 5 times at different times.

On October 8, November 3, 4 and 8, the armed forces of Armenia in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the persons leading the military units located in the territory of the Republic of Armenia and the criminal associations created by them "On the protection of civilians during armed conflicts" of 1949 in gross violation of the requirements of the Geneva Convention of 2011, by using war methods that can cause large-scale destruction to the settlements located in the territories of the Fuzuli and Tartar regions, where the civilian population or individual civilians who did not participate in the hostilities live, as well as the main provisions of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity causing widespread, long-lasting and serious damage to the environment in violation of its fundamental principles,D- containing 3.6 kilograms of P-4 chemical composition (white phosphorus) in each of the forests with valuable and perennial trees, which are considered a natural resource of the Republic of Azerbaijan, located in the territory of the city of Shusha, located in the village of Arayatli, Alkhanli, Tartar district of Fuzuli district in order to intentionally kill people. By firing at least 6 4-type 122-millimeter cannon shells and deliberately burning the natural resources located in those areas, they caused a large amount of damage, planned and carried out an aggressive war against the Republic of Azerbaijan, and committed a terrorist crime.By firing at least 6 D-4 type 122mm cannon shells containing 6 kilograms of P-4 chemical composition (white phosphorus) and deliberately burning the natural resources located in those areas, causing a particularly large amount of damage, an aggressive war against the Republic of Azerbaijan was planned and carried out, as well as terrorism the crime was committed.By firing at least 6 D-4 type 122mm cannon shells containing 6 kilograms of P-4 chemical composition (white phosphorus) and deliberately burning the natural resources located in those areas, causing a particularly large amount of damage, an aggressive war against the Republic of Azerbaijan was planned and carried out, as well as terrorism the crime was committed.

Despite all this, the Azerbaijani Army under the leadership of the victorious Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev freed its lands from occupation with the 44-day "Iron Fist" operation, and the territorial integrity of our country was ensured.

Thanks to the victory march, villages and cities were cleared of Armenian invaders one after another.

On October 3, Sugovushan settlement of Tartar district, Jabrayil district on October 4, Hadrut settlement of Khojavand district on October 9, Fuzuli district on October 17, Zangilan district on October 20, and Gubadli district on October 25 were liberated from occupation.

The city of Shusha was freed from occupation on November 8 with a unique operation carried out by the Azerbaijani Army.

President Ilham Aliyev announced the liberation of Shusha from the occupation in his address to the people of Azerbaijan from the Alley of Martyrs.

By the Decree signed by the head of state on December 3, 2020, November 8 was established as Victory Day in Azerbaijan.

Realizing that it was defeated in the war, Armenia was forced to sign the act of capitulation on November 10, 2020.

On November 10, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed a statement.

According to the statement, a complete cessation of fire and all military operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was announced on November 10, 2020 from 00:00 Moscow time.

A peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation consisting of 1,960 fire-armed military personnel, 90 military armored vehicles, 380 vehicles and special equipment has been deployed along the contact line and the Lachin corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the statement, the period of stay of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is 5 years, and if either of Azerbaijan and Armenia does not express their intention to terminate the application of the current provision 6 months before the end of the period, the period is automatically extended for the next 5 years.

The Russia-Turkey Joint Monitoring Center was established in order to increase the efficiency of monitoring the compliance of the conflict parties with the agreements.

The statement states that all economic and transport links in the region should be restored.

The Republic of Armenia guarantees the safety of transport links between the western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan in order to organize the unhindered movement of citizens, vehicles and cargo in both directions.

Control over transport links is carried out by the border service authorities of the Federal Security Service of Russia.

Based on the agreement of the parties, the construction of new transport communications connecting the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the western regions of Azerbaijan will be ensured.

The return of Kalbajar, Aghdam and Lachin regions to Azerbaijan was also reflected in the tripartite statement.

According to the statement, Agdam city and the occupied part of Agdam region were liberated from occupation on November 20, Kalbajar region on November 25, and Lachin region on December 1.

Azerbaijan succeeded in liberating these three regions from occupation without any losses.

On December 2, 2020, President Ilham Aliyev signed a Decree on the establishment of September 27 as a Memorial Day in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

September 27 is marked as Memorial Day as a sign of deep respect for our soldiers and officers who fought heroically in the Patriotic War, raised the Azerbaijani flag in our lands freed from occupation, sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of our country, and all our martyrs.

A number of events are planned to be held on September 27 in connection with Memorial Day.