Battle of Lachin
| Battle of Lachin | |||||||
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| Part of First Nagorno-Karabakh War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia | Azerbaijan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hrach Andreasyan |
Surat Huseynov Dadash Rzayev | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 25 killed |
31 killed, 43 injured | ||||||
The Battle of Lachin was a military operation during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, undertaken by the National Army of Azerbaijan in order to regain control over the Lachin corridor, controlled by the army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) since 18 May 1992. It was one of the fiercest battles in this direction that unfolded in the autumn of that year.