Our colleague Dashqin Aziz is one of the heroes of the 44-day Patriotic War, whose anniversary we are marking. Dashqin, who runs the website Pressing.az, is also a wounded war veteran, having been injured in fighting near Shusha. 
The Patriotic War veteran shared his memories, proudly recalling his combat experience and the days spent fighting to liberate the territories.
Here is what our hero told Fanat.az:
“It has now been 6 years since our glorious victory. But it feels like yesterday. Sometimes I think that only as the years pass will we truly come to understand the significance of this momentous event more deeply. It is something so momentous that words cannot describe it. On this day 6 years ago, we were mobilised to defend the city of Shusha. After Shusha was liberated, the military brigade I served in was deployed in that direction to prevent a potential Armenian counter-attack from Khankendi. That is exactly what happened: the enemy launched a counter-attack on Shusha with a substantial number of vehicles and troops. Our battalion fought on the Shusha-Khankendi road to repel the attack. Many of our men were killed or wounded. I was wounded too. But we did not let the Armenians come close to Shusha. We helped organise the city's defence until the very end. May God have mercy on all our martyrs. We owe today's victory to all our fighters, above all to our martyrs.”
Miraga
This article was translated from Azerbaijani with the help of AI. Original in Azerbaijani
