Thread by @JulianRoepcke

#News
Heavy fighting between Azeri and Armenian forces along the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline.
Armenian MoD footage shows Azeri tanks burning.

More footage of what looks like a deadly morning for Azeri forces.
Several T-72 getting destroyed.
#Armenia #Azerbaijan

And here comes the Azeri army, destroying multiple Armenian mobile radar installation with what looks like Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, blinding the enemy.
Each of the field radars has a much higher military value than the T-72 cannon fodder tanks ...

#Breaking
Armenia confirms 16 KIA and more than 100 WIA among its troops.
- MoD in Yerevan

#Update
Armenia shows the destruction of what looks like Azeri BTR-60 and Ural trucks.

And Azerbaijan shows the destruction of a covered Armenian vehicle in a fighting position as well as an abandoned convoy of BMP-1 or 2.

#Update
Extremely graphic footage.
In this battle alone, the Azeri army lost two BMP-2 and some 8 soldiers during its offensive in #Karabakh today.

#Update
2 more "Osa" air defence systems, destroyed by Azeri drones - probably Bayraktar TB2.

Another two Osa (Nato code name SA-8 "Gecko") of Armenia getting destroyed by Azerbaijan.
Turkish ammunitions seem to be 100% precise and "invisable" for the old Russian systems.

Turkish drones of the Azeri armed forces destroying Russian tanks (T-90?!?) of the Armenian armed forces.

Alleged images from this morning.
Azerbaijan using the TOS-1 thermobaric MLRS vs. Armenia.
Seems they are serious this time in capturing Nagorno Karabakh.

#Update
Azerbaijan destroyed two more Armenian T-72 main battle tanks with Turkish-made TB2 drones.

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Armenian army posts ATGM attack, missing Azeri truck & mortar attack, missing Azeri tanks and troops.


Pure description: Reminds of of the few days, Turkey showed what it could in Idlib province - 20th century tech (Arm) vs. 21st century tech (Az).

#Update
Azeri TB2 drones destroy an Ural truck, resupplying a D-30 artillery piece as well as another active (and yet fully blind) SA-8 air defence system.

And if your thought, Azerbaijan is using modern precise weapons only, I have to disappoint you.
New footage shows 2A36 Giatsint-B from the Soviet 70s, firing with an accuracy - well - of the Soviet 70s.

#Update
Armenian forces destroyed what I would say are two Azeri BMP-1 in this video.

#Karabakh

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Armenian forces firing D-30 (2A18) artillery pieces, which I never saw so deeply dug into the ground.
Of course, this is Soviet technology from the 70s as well.

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Grafic(!) video with "cool" music shows Armenian forces shooting and killing several Azeri troops, while they are withdrawing after unsuccessfully attacking a #Karabakh military position.

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Armenian forces shell Azeri base with artillery, apparently hitting an armored vehicle, which then explodes.

#Karabagh

#NewsMap
Geolocation of an Azeri drone strike on an Armenian tank, 1 km west of the village of Qaraxanbayli which Azerbaijan claimed it captured from Armenia two days ago.

#Karabagh

#Breaking #Update
Armenia shot down an - hold your breath - Antonov An-2 of the Azeri air force near the town of Xocavənd in Martuni region (northern #Karabagh).
I was asking myself for hours, what kind of tailplane this is.

#Update
Armenia claims downing several Azeri helicopters and drones.
Footage is hard to verify.
#Karabagh

Dear Turks.
No. It's not the same video.

https://twitter.com/anadoluagency/status/1228321952772894721

I know, you support one side, but could you please keep your smart minds switched on?!
Thanks a lot!

#Update
Seems like Armenia has downed an Azeri "Orbiter 1K" drone, bought in Israel last year.
defenseworld.net/news/24289/Aze…

#Update
Video shows the downing of theAzeri Antonov An-2 "Colt" by an Armenian 9K333 "Verba" SA-25 MANPADS gunner.
The "civilian" aircraft was clearly used to circle about / inspect enemy positions.
It crashed over Armenian-held territory.

#Karabagh

#NewsMap
Exact location of the crash site of the Armenian Sukhoi Su-25 that crashed yesterday after being allegedly shot down by a Turkish F-16.
The site is located only 400 meters inside Armenia and very close to the border with Azerbaijan.
#Karabagh

#Update
Azeri drones (TB2) continue to take a brutal toll on Armenian forces.
Video shows destruction of BMP-1 and two BM-21 systems.
GRAPHIC WARNING! Video shows last moments of human beings.

#Karabagh

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Azeri drone attacks Armenian artillery position, destroys D-30 and D-20 piece.

#Karabagh

Extremely graphic!
#Turkish drone in #Azerbaijan's air force causes massacre among #Armenian troops, killing at least 10 when it hit an Ural truck that was just being loaded with soldiers.
#Karabakh

#Update
Both sides seem to kill dozens if not hundreds of the opposing side.
Another EXTREMELY GRAPHIC video claims to show dead Azeri soldiers, piled up on a an Armenian military truck.

#NewsMap
Geolocation of the suspected Azeri artillery attack on Martakert that killed 3 civilians and injured 1 more.
Impacts were between 300 and 1000 meters from the next Armenian military installation.
More shells probably hit the army facilities themselves.
#Karabakh

#Update
#Armenia shot down an Israeli "suicide drone" – HAROP Loitering Munition System – sold to #Azerbaijan by @ILAerospaceIAI.
Dozens of Armenian soldiers were killed by this system over the past week (two recent "last second" example images).
#Karabakh

Guess, this is confusing some Turks a bit ... 🤷‍♂️

#Update
#Azerbaijan destroys 4 #Armenian D-30 artillery pieces one after another.
Armenian troops can only run away to save their lives.
Interesting: AZ uses a mix of #Turkish Bayaktar TB2 and #Israeli Orbiter 1K drones to perform and analyze the strikes.

#Update
More brutal videos, showing the killing of dozens of Armenian soldiers.
1st one shows 10 HAROP attacks on different military hardware, 2nd one 5 Bayaktar TB2 attacks on BM-21 systems.
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#Karabakh

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Two new Armenian videos show blurry artillery attacks on far away targets.
Repeat: This is 20th century mil tech vs. 21st century mil tech.
If the Azeris can sustain the campaign, it looks very bad for the Armenians.
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#Update
Armenia posts the "downing of an Azeri drone".
Hard to say what was hit.

#Update
Two more Armenian Sa-8 and one more T-72 destroyed by Azeri TB2 drones.

#Karabakh

#Update GRAPHIC
Azerbaijan now deliberately targets humans with its drone army from Turkey and Israel.
Video is hard to watch. Shows 5 night attacks on resting Armenian soldiers, killing 20, 30 or more ...

#Karabakh

#Update
Azeri drones destroy more dug-in Ural trucks at Armenian positions.

#Karabakh

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This poor An-2 was shot 3 times so far now.
After being an "Azeri spy plane" it turned into an "Azeri drone".
Now it turned an "Armenian drone" and was downed again.
#Karabakh

Haberturk is the lastest channel, using the downed Antonov for its propaganda.

#NewsMap
Azerbaijan is attacking a military base in the Astrakh "capital" Khankedi/Stepanakert.
#Karabakh

Aftermath footage confirms my first geolocation.
THIS footage shows the attack on a military base outside the "capital".

Geolocated Armenian government images (carefully taken very close to the damaged objects, but sorry, I'm a pro) shows either shrapnel damage or distinct impacts 400 meters south of the base.

Another #NewsMap
Deep crater on the parking lot seems evidential, one Azeri projectile missed the military base by 400 meters and hit civilian infrastructure instead.
10 civilians reportedly injured in Stepanakert.
#Karabakh

#Update GRAPHIC WARNING
The "Republic of Artsakh's Ministry of Defence" posts images of "destroyed Azerbaijani soldiers".
Position of corpse does not look "natural" (like killed in battle) at all ...
#Karabakh

#Update
Armenian machine gunners hit several members of an Azeri tank crew after their T-72 got stuck on the field.

#Karabakh

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Azeri drone hitting Ural truck and Armenian trench position.
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#Update
Azeri drones keep striking Armenian positions and vehicles, killing dozens of troops per day.
Graphic videos show the actual killings.

#Karabakh

#Update
Another four Armenian tanks and their crews getting obliterated by Azerbaijan's drones from Turkey and Israel.

#Karabakh

Last attack in this video seems to be on 2S1 Gvozdika. First time, I see an attack on the self-propelled howitzer in the current conflict.
Armenia owns only 20 of them.

#Karabakh

Or do I see the rear as the front and this is a MT-LB?!

#Update
Armenian forces destroy Azeri T-72 in ATGM attack.

#Karabakh

#Update
Armenian artillery and mortar attacks on the Azeri front.
Some bunkers, some installations hit. But most times, the camera follows the (quite inaccurate) Soviet military tech fire ...

#Karabakh

#Update
Armenian 122mm M-30 howitzer position in action.

Right: Also the Armenian military keeps posting images and videos of dead Azeri soldiers to - hm - prove, they killed many.
#Karabakh

#Update
Azeri military captures Armenian hilltop position after taking out multiple armor around.

#Karabakh

More of the same.
Azeri forces take new ground, move in own artillery pieces and remove the prey.

#Karabakh

I guess it will be quite easy for Armenians and especially people from #Karabakh to identify the village and verify / falsify the claims.

As some Armenians are accusing me of "Azeri propaganda", here is another #NewsMap.
Geolocation of Azeri army footage from #Talish.
If Wikipedia isn't also on the Azeri side, this village was held by #Armenia between 1994 and yesterday.
Now it's held by #Azerbiajan.
#Karabakh

#Breaking
Heavy rocket attack on #Ganja in northern #Azerbaijan (more than 70 km away from Karabakh).
Whoever committed this attack (yep, you can hate me) spelled the beginning of all-out war between the two sides.

#Update
Also Stepanakert in central #Karabakh is under intense cluster ammunition attack.
Both sides seem to target civilians now.
This is leading straight into the abyss.

#Update
Armenian-backed rebels are taking responsibility for the attacks on Azeri cities.
All out war between the countries now imminent.

#NewsMap
Azerbaijan posts what looks like a devastating TOS-1 night attack on the strategic town of #Mataghis.
I geolocated the footage.
Hours later, Azeri soldiers captured the town this morning.

#Karabakh

I’m reading posts like this from Turkish & Azeri accounts again & again and don’t hear any contradictions from official Baku.
Makes it look like 🇦🇿 is not only interested in regaining its lost territory, but also in total ethnic cleaning off the local 🇦🇲 population.
#AssadStyle

And each time the same reaction.

Lies, propaganda, no journalism ... and yes. We will do exactly this and it’s no problem at all.

I so much don’t give a - about you guys.

#NewsMap
A rocket attack on the Azeri town of #Ganja, claimed by the "Republic of Artsakh" to be directed at military targets, missed its suspected target - the 23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division base - by more than 1 km and hit civilian objectives instead.
1 killed, 4 wounded.

Geolocation based on open source material only.
My eyes hurt now. 👀

Whoever is interested in how geolocation from videos work.
1. Watch a video (attached).
2. Create a mind map of the area from the footage (normally I don’t write them down, but that’s how this one looked).
3. Find the area in the target region.
4. Be happy.
It’s like a drug.🤷🏼‍♂️😉

https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1312664913966444544

#Update
Azeri forces captured scores of Ural and Kamaz military trucks from fleeing Armenian forces.

#Karabakh

#Update
Azerbaijan uses Israeli HAROP or HARPY systems to destroy Armenian hardware, including T-72, Kamaz trucks, BM-21 and some 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery pieces.

#Karabakh

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Armenia destroys two Azeri Ural trucks with ATGM.

#Karabakh

#Update
Armenian video includes short distance RPG attack on Azeri tank.

#Karabakh

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Azerbaijan is randomly bombing civilian areas in #Stepanakert.
No need to geolocate this as targets are clearly civilian or at least so close to civilian objects,they should not be attacked.
Also reports of Armenian forces bombing multiple digitizes throughout Azerbaijan.

#NewsMap
Last night, a BM-30 "Smerch" hit the (oil-fired) Thermal Power Plant in Mingachevir, #Azerbaijan.
Working hypothesis from the geolocation of the impact site (angle and weapon range): The "Republic of Arsakh" attacked the plant from #Karabakh region.

#Update
More footage shows #Talish under Azeri control after 26 years under Armenian control.
All 180 inhabitants were displaced and the village is empty now.
A role model for the 146.000 inhabitants of #Karabakh and the weeks to come?! ...

#NewsMap
Widespread destruction in #Stepanakert after Azeri missile attacks on residential areas.
Next military target is almost 2 km away.
4 civilians died in this attack, 10 were injured.
#Karabakh

The disgusting smell of Assadism in Karabakh ...

#NewsMap
Massive damage from what could be an OTR-21 Tochka, just 150 meters away from the @ICRC headquarter in #Stepankert.
#Karabakh

@ICRC #NewsMap
Yesterday, a suspected Armenian missile attack hit the "New Market" in Azerbaijan's #Ganja, more than 60 km away from #Karabakh.
A woman was injured in the attack.

#Upate
Armenia downed what could be an Azeri IAI HAROP system at the front near #Karabakh.

#NewsMap
Azerbaijan shows footage, claims capture of #Horadiz from Armenian forces.
Video indeed shows destroyed and captured "Artsakh" armor, including T-72B1, but all footage was taken S-E of Horadiz.
#Karabakh

#NewsMap
Large scale and quite inaccurate MLRS attack by Azerbaijan on the military base in Agdere / Martakert.
Around half of the missiles missed the base and hit open land, nearby residential areas and a fuel station.
I geolocated 24 impacts.

#Karabakh

#Update
Azerbaijan's drones keep destroying a MASSIVE amount of Armenian and Artsakh armor, killing dozens auf soldiers on a daily basis.
Video1 against tanks:
Video2 against APCs:
Video3 against artillery:

According to #Turkey, the current ceasefire is #Armenia's "last opportunity to withdraw from the territories it has occupied" ...
So an ultimatum, rather than a truce.
mfa.gov.tr/no_-239_-azerb…

By the way: The two vehicles hit first are interesting MT-LB variants, each of them upgraded with a ZU-23-2 to fight aircraft and infantry units.
No idea why they hit them when they clam the Armenian ceasefire violations consisted of "artillery attacks" ...
#Karabakh

*ZSU-23-2

#Update
Armenia confirms that it keeps fighting despite the truce, blames Azerbaijan for it of course.
Together with the Azeri drone video, we have now confirmation both sides keep fighting despite the negotiated ceasefire.

#Update
Azerbaijan keeps killing Armenian soldiers "that violated the ceasefire" over the whole day.
(Which are - by the way - ceasefire violations!)
In this footage, at least 5 - 10 are killed when their D-20 positions and trenches get attacked.

#Karabakh

#Update
Azerbaijan continues to conduct offensive operations in violation of the signed ceasefire.
These four Armenian Sa-8 were destroyed today under the pretext, they were "brought into the state of combat readiness".
They did NOT violate the truce.

#NewsMap
A suspected #Armenian missile attack on a residential area in the #Azerbajiani city of #Ganja killed 9 civilians and injured 33 others.
#Karabakh

#Update
Geolocation of the backside of house facades shows the entire extend of the destruction.
One residential building seems to be "missing" after a massive impact.
Suspects are 9K720 Iskander, SCUD-B or OTR-21 Tochka, all in the possession of the Armenian army.
#Karabakh

#Update
Azerbaijan destroyed an entire Armenian Kamaz/Ural truck convoy last night, using a mix of TB2 and HAROP systems.
Spectacular: Onr HAROP attack was filmed from a TB2.

#Karabakh

#Update
Extremely brutal video showing the killing of around 30 Armenian soldiers last night by Azeri TB2 drones.
They particularly aim at groups of humans now ...

#Karabakh

New #footage from Mataghis / Sugovushan, captured by the Azeri army more than a week ago.
All inhabitants fled Azerbaijan's offensive so quickly, they even left their dogs and animals behind.
How can one cleansing make good for another one?! ...

#Karabakh

#NewsMap
Geolocation confirms, Azeri forces fully captured #Horadiz and its surroundings after weeks of heavy clashes.
Massive amount of destroyed Armenian armor around.
Fighting stopped in the area for now.

#Karabakh

#NewsMap
Visual confirmation of Suleymanli captured by Azeri forces, which was until very recently 20 kilometers inside "Arzakh Republic" territory.

#Karabakh

Blue area only shows visually unconfirmed areas under Azerbaijan's military. Advances could be much further especially near Hadrut, so "Artsakh Republic" could be smaller than in the map by now.

#Update
A HAROP system, made in Israel and used by Azerbaijan, went into Iranian airspace where it crashed - either because it lost its signal or it was shot down.
#Karabakh

#NewsMap
Azerbaijan claims it captured #Hadrut and posts video footage "from the city".
However, I analyzed the footage and conclude, the Azeri army captured #Tagaser west of Hadrut and not the city itself.
#Karabakh

Now also on YouTube and Twitter by the Azeri MoD: "The liberated settlement of Hadrut".
Geolocation proves this claim wrong.

#Karabakh

#NewsMap Gotcha!
Armenia deployed tactical missiles between the villages of Azat and Sotk, 10 km east of #Vardenis.
Azerbaijan claims to have destroyed the missiles on Armenian soil, though no video of the destruction exists so far.

#Karabakh

By the way.
It's a 100% geolocation.

#NewsMap
The town of Cəbrayıl / Jabrayil.
"Liberated" from all of its Azeri inhabitants by Armenia in 1993 and "re-liberated" from all of it Armenian inhabitants by Azerbaijan in 2020.
Not sustainable, not just, not leading to peace, but only to more "liberations" in the future.

Source video by the MoD of Azerbaijan.

#NewsMap
A suspected Armenian tactical missile hit the Azeri city of #Ganja.
Analysis shows, it destroyed numerous residential buildings within 50 meters next to a school (No.29) sports ground and missed the nearest known military structure by more than one kilometer.
#Karabakh

Check it out yourself.
The impact site was furthest away from all known military structure clusters in the city.
Either the Armenians are *really* bad at aiming or they just don't care.
wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=4…