Ukraine’s ex-president Petro Poroshenko returns to Kyiv despite the risk of arrest. He passes through passport control amid chaotic scenes, saying that border guards have tried to prevent him from entering the country.
Representatives of various countries participating in the “Anatolian Phoenix-2022” International Search and Rescue Exercises, got acquainted with the areas where flight tasks will be fulfilled, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
Practical flights were also carried out to get acquainted with the area. The interaction and radio communications between helicopters were checked during the flights.
Crimean Tatars living in Baku have visited the Alley of Martyrs, Report informs.
The visit is timed to the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars on May 18, 1944.
“Today is a black date in the memory of every Tatar,” said Elvina Murzaeva, who lives in Baku. “Every year, part of the Crimean Tatars living here gather on the Alley of Martyrs, because those who died for the freedom of Azerbaijan are martyrs, just like those who died during the deportation in 1944.”
About 200,000 Crimean Tatars were deported at that time. “There were mostly old people, children and women, because the men were all at the front. Some 46% of the deportees died. The men who returned from the front were looking for their families in the places of deportation for a long time. My grandparents were also deported, I myself was born in Uzbekistan,” said Murzaeva.
One of the witnesses of those events is a resident of Baku Mammad Ibrahimov. At the time of his deportation from the Crimea in 1944, he was only two years old.
Ibrahimov and his parents were expelled from the Crimea to Uzbekistan. In 1975 he moved to Baku and worked at various institutes of the Academy of Sciences.
“I remember what the bombings were like in those years, we lived in dugouts right on the front line. My parents told me that when bombs were thrown and planes flew, I shouted “Explosions! Explosions!… And in the train cars, when we were transported in trains, there were a lot of diseases, I had rickets, there were sores all over my body,” he recalls the events of those days.
On May 18, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, and the leadership of the Ministry attended comprehensive training held with the Azerbaijan Army’s Signal units and subunits.
Report informs, citing the Ministry of Defense, that in the field control points, the Minister of Defense, who inquired about the organization and progress of the training, was presented with communications equipment available in the armament of the units.
It was reported that during the training tasks of organizing a unified communications system, as well as implementing electronic warfare measures were successfully fulfilled.
Colonel General Z. Hasanov heard the reports by video conference with the command and control posts of the troops, as well as the headquarters of the Army Corps and formations stationed in the liberated territories.
The Minister evaluated the progress of the training and stressed the importance of improving the activities of signal units and subunits, the organization of unified communications, and automated control systems between the troops.
The military personnel were briefed on the shooting safety rules and terms. Before the shooting, firearm training regulations had been implemented.
The servicemen have successfully completed the tasks of target firing from a previously prepared position.
Considering the combat experience gained during the 44-day second Karabakh war, the exercises were carried out.
In accordance with the combat training plan for 2022 approved by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) carried out training flights, Report informs.
According to the Defense Ministry, theoretical and practical knowledge of servicemen, as well as their ability to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in simulators, were tested.
As part of the exercises, crews of unmanned aerial vehicles conducted ground reconnaissance at various altitudes, determined the coordinates of imaginary enemy ground targets and transmitted the received information to control points.
The main objectives of the exercises, held with consideration of combat experience gained in the Patriotic War, are to improve the practical skills of the crews.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland received a delegation led by President of the Equestrian Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ARAF) Elchin Guliyev at Windsor Castle, Report informs.
According to ARAF, Her Majesty the Queen, who has always watched with great interest the performances of Azerbaijani representatives at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, which is traditionally organized in honor of members of the royal family, was presented with a gift from President Ilham Aliyev – the Karabakh horse named Şöhrət (“Glory”).
The horse presented to the Queen was brought to Windsor Castle and handed over to the new owner with a certificate containing all the information.
Later, the statues of Karabakh named Alkhan and Dilbaz named Shield created by the famous Azerbaijani sculptor Faig Hajiyev were presented to Her Majesty the Queen.
Her Majesty Elizabeth II thanked for the gift and traditional participation in the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s plane landed at the newly built Rize-Artvin Airport in Rize, Turkiye, Report informs.
President Aliyev was welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials.
The heads of state will attend the inauguration of Rize-Artvin Airport.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Turkey on a working visit to attend the opening of the newly constructed Rize-Artvin Airport in Turkey’s Rize city, according to Azerbaijan Television.
A tree-planting campaign was held in Baku in honor of the 99th anniversary of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, Report informs.
The event, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation with the support of the Zira Cultural Center and Eco-Park, the Ministry of Education, the Khazar District Executive Authority, and Azerenergy OJSC, was held at secondary school No. 120 named after. N. Yagubova.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense presented a review of the events of last week.
On hard-to-reach mountainous and rocky areas, special forces carry out reconnaissance activities, mountain training exercises, and various movements.
The main attention is paid to further improving the combat capability of military units and special forces.
Football club Trabzonspor won the seventh Turkish championship in their history last weekend. A title that delighted their fans, who celebrated widely in the streets.
“Yesterday I visited Fuzuli and Shusha. It was very impressive. We were told that it was made within 7-8 months. I think, it is a great achievement and should be know to the world,” the Pakistani expert emphasized.
The expert also made a proposal on establishing a website by the name of ‘Friends of Shusha’ to inform people about events.
“As you have declared Shusha as a cultural capital, going back to Shusha’s history, which starts from 1752, we have been seeing that it has remained at the center of culture. I would suggest that if Azerbaijan can start off with some kind of website by the name of ‘Friends of Shusha’,” Taimur Akram also stated.
Note, the idea of conducting the international conference “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation”, which started in Shusha on 28 April and continues in Baku today, was put forward at the international conference “New Vision for the South Caucasus: Post-Conflict Development and Cooperation” held at ADA University with the participation of President Ilham Aliyev on 13 April last year (https://president.az/en/articles/view/51088). It was at that conference that the participants proposed to hold an international conference in Karabakh, and President Ilham Aliyev welcomed this proposal.
The fact that Shusha has become the main venue of events held under the auspices of UN and other influential organizations and turned into the diplomatic capital of the region also means a failure of the ugly campaigns to promote this ancient Azerbaijani city as an Armenian one through many years of false information.
It is no coincidence that participants of the international conference held panel discussions on “Shusha – the path to revival” on reconstruction work in Shusha and “Cooperation, opportunities and challenges” on the post-conflict period in Shusha on 28 April. This important platform provides an opportunity for foreign experts to discuss the peace agenda laid out by Azerbaijan for the development of relations between countries of the South Caucasus in the post-conflict period, the possibility of opening communications, the normalization of relations with Armenia as a basis for progress, security and prosperity.
“Yesterday I visited Fuzuli and Shusha. It was very impressive. We were told that it was made within 7-8 months. I think, it is a great achievement and should be know to the world,” the Pakistani expert emphasized.
The expert also made a proposal to establish a website by the name of ‘Friends of Shusha’.
“As you have declared Shusha as a cultural capital, going back to Shusha’s history, which starts from 1752, we have been seeing that it has remained at the center of culture. I would suggest that if Azerbaijan can start off with some kind of website by the name of ‘Friends of Shusha’,” Taimur Akram also stated.
Participants gathered at Charles Aznavour Square for a rally and chanted slogans against internal and external policy of the Armenian government.
Note, fresh protests started in Yerevan following Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan’s resonant statements about the negotiation process with Azerbaijan.
In accordance with the combat training plan for 2022 approved by the Minister of Defense, training courses on forward observation are being held with the commanders of fire support groups in rocket and artillery units.
Report informs, citing the Ministry of Defense, that servicemen study the tactical and technical characteristics of modern artillery surveillance means available in the armament, and the rules for their use. Moreover, artillery scouts are improving their practical skills in detecting target coordinates using optical devices, and in firing control.
At the end of the theoretical classes, the artillerymen professionally fulfilled tasks on firing at the designated targets of an imaginary enemy.
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