Azerbaijani MoD announces work at key heights in Karabakh

Engineering work and road construction are underway on Mount Buzdukh and other heights that came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of the “Retribution” operation, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that following the results of the fighting on August 3, Azerbaijan occupied the Sarybaba height in the Shusha District and Gyrkhgyz height in the Khodjaly District. According to analysts, that gave Azerbaijan a tactical advantage. On August 6, Azerbaijan also announced the capture of the strategic height of Buzdukh (Buzukh).

The control over the Buzdukh height creates a springboard for new military operations in Karabakh, if such a need arises, Baku analysts say. “Today, the Azerbaijani army occupies dominant positions almost along the entire perimeter of Karabakh,” noted Telman Abilov, the head of the “Military Officers” NGO.

The control over the Gyrkhgyz height allows the Azerbaijani army strengthening the security of the city of Shusha and the Azerbaijani villages of the Shusha District when the forced migrants return there, expert Azad Isazade believes. The occupation of the heights of Sarybaba and Gyrkhgyz allowed Azerbaijan significantly strengthening control over the Lachin corridor, emphasizes Shakhin Gadjiev, an observer for the “Turan” agency.