During the combat operations, the chief of artillery of the 9th Regiment of the Armenian armed forces withdrew from the settlement of Hadrut, and the 5th battalion of the Regiment left their equipment at the battle positions and fled, Report informs.
The military personnel of the 5th and 522nd regiments of Armenia withdrew, leaving their auto and armored vehicles behind in the direction of Hadrut. As a result of an artillery strike in the Girmizi Bazaar direction, an underground shelter and two vehicles of the retreating Armenian unit were destroyed at the permanent deployment of the 1st Regiment.
The units opened fire on each other due to disrupted communication and interaction between the retreating units of the 1st Regiment of the Armenian armed forces in the area of defense responsibility. The military personnel of the anti-tank and other divisions also left the battle positions. At present, our troops have an operational advantage along the entire front.