The Memorial Day in Azerbaijan is a public holiday in Azerbaijan for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died while serving in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, officially labelled as The Patriotic War.
During the war, the government of Azerbaijan did not reveal the number of its military casualties. On 3 December, Azerbaijan stated that 2,783 of its soldiers had been killed during the war.
As a result of a successful counter-offensive launched in Karabakh by the Azerbaijani army on 27 September, 5 cities, 4 settlements and 286 villages had been liberated from occupation by 9 November. At that point, these included: Jabrayil city and 90 villages of that region; Fuzuli city and 53 villages in that region; Zengilan city, the Minjivan, Aghbend and Bartaz settlements, and 52 villages in that region; Hadrut settlement and 35 villages in Khojavend region; 3 villages within Terter region; Gubadli city and 41 villages in that region; 9 of Khojaly region’s villages; Shusha city; 3 villages in Lachin region, as well as several strategic heights towards Aghdere and Murovdagh; the Bartaz, Sighirt, Shukurataz heights and 5 other unnamed heights in Zengilan. .
As a result of a successful counter-offensive launched in Karabakh by the Azerbaijani army on 27 September, 5 cities, 4 settlements and 286 villages had been liberated from occupation by 9 November. At that point, these included: Jabrayil city and 90 villages of that region; Fuzuli city and 53 villages in that region; Zengilan city, the Minjivan, Aghbend and Bartaz settlements, and 52 villages in that region; Hadrut settlement and 35 villages in Khojavend region; 3 villages within Terter region; Gubadli city and 41 villages in that region; 9 of Khojaly region’s villages; Shusha city; 3 villages in Lachin region, as well as several strategic heights towards Aghdere and Murovdagh; the Bartaz, Sighirt, Shukurataz heights and 5 other unnamed heights in Zengilan. .
