Battle of Hadrut

Battle of Hadrut
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)
Date Urban warfare: 7 October 2020 (2020-10-07) – 15 October 2020 (2020-10-15) (1 week and 1 day) Rural and mountainous warfare: 15 October 2020 (2020-10-15) – 30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) (2 weeks and 1 day) Location Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh Result Azerbaijani victory Territorial changes Azerbaijani forces take control of Hadrut, and several villages and heights surrounding it.
Belligerents
Azerbaijan	Artsakh  Armenia  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Hikmat Mirzayev Kanan Seyidov	Vahagn Asatryan †[1] Karen Ayrapetyan †[2]
Casualties and losses
Per Azerbaijan: Unspecified[3] Per Artsakh: Unspecified	Per Artsakh: Per Azerbaijan:[4] At least 38 servicemen killed Units: 1 command post destroyed 14 T-72s destroyed 3 BMP-2s destroyed 11 other vehicles destroyed 17 BM-21 "Grad" MLRS destroyed 7 artillery pieces destroyed 15 D-1, D-20, and D-30 howitzers destroyed 5 2S1 "Gvozdika" howitzers destroyed 3 2A36 Hyacinth-B guns destroyed Su-25 downed 3 UAVs downed 13 air defense systems destroyed 1 ZSU-23-4 Shilka destroyed 1 radar station destroyed 7 ammunition trucks destroyed 22 other vehicles
11 Armenian civilians killed (per Artsakh)[5][6] 1 Azerbaijani medical worker injured (per Azerbaijan)[7]

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.

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.^[8]