Azerbaijan says thousands of its troops were killed in separatist clashes

Azerbaijani soldiers sit in a military lorry on a road to their military tent camp after the transfer of the Kalbajar region to Azerbaijan’s control (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Azerbaijani authorities disclosed for the first time details of the country’s military casualties in the recent fighting with Armenian forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was halted last month by a Russian-brokered truce.

Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said that 2,783 troops were killed during the 44 days of intense clashes, and 103 of them are yet to be identified.