Before the start of the operation, I once again gave a strict order to all our military units that the Armenian population living in the Karabakh region should not be affected by the anti-terrorist measures and that the civilian population should be protected.

Axar.az reports that President Ilham Aliyev said these words in his address to the nation.

"We achieved this by using high-precision weapons, and at the same time, as a result of the professionalism of our Armed Forces, civilians felt completely safe. At the same time, an instruction was given that the civilian infrastructure should not be hit, but the military infrastructure should be destroyed," said the head of state, stressing that the professionalism and technical capabilities of our Army enabled us to fulfil this task with honour.