Azerbaijan will conduct large-scale military exercises, from September 16 to 20, the Defense Ministry’s press service reported, according to MINVAL.AZ.

Consistent with reports, the topic of these exercises is, “to develop the matters of organizing and conducting counteroffensive operations in the mountains, by way of making precautionary strikes to crush the adversary’s detachments and to capture advantageous boundaries in the liberated territories.”

These military exercises will include up to 10,000 soldiers, more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles, 120 missile-artillery installations, volley fire and reactive mortar systems, up to 20 aircrafts, as well as various drones.