Battle of Hadrut
The Battle of Hadrut (Azerbaijani: Hadrut döyüşü; Armenian: Հադրութի ճակատամարտ, romanized: Hadrut’i chakatamart) began in early October 2020 in Hadrut and its surrounding villages and heights, now seat of Khojavend District, Azerbaijan, and earlier controlled by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was part of Hadrut Province.
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| Part of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | |||||||||
Map of the battle as of 20 October 2020: Controlled by Armenia Controlled by Azerbaijan Disputed
(For a more detailed map, see military situation in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war) | |||||||||
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11 Armenian civilians killed (per Artsakh) | |||||||||
Following Azerbaijan's capture of the city of Jabrayil, and claiming full dominance of the district of the same name, the Azerbaijani forces advanced north, to Hadrut. Heavy artillery fights took place starting from 7 October, and on 9 October, the Azerbaijani forces took control of strategically essential villages and heights just beside the town. Initially both parties claimed presence in the town however third-party sources indicated that the Azerbaijani forces had taken control of Hadrut on 14 or 15 October. In the meanwhile, more fights took place in north and west of the town, in contest of more important villages and heights until 30 October, when third-party sources confirmed the presence of Azerbaijani forces in a valley north of the town.