The tractor detonated on a mine in the Khojavend district.
A mine exploded in the Khojavend district of Azerbaijan during work, the tractor driver was not injured.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", in the area of the former Karabakh conflict, security forces, sappers, and local residents are periodically blown up by mines. By April 14, the number of victims of mine explosions after the 44-day Karabakh war reached 422.
The Khojavend district (Armenian name Khojavenda - Martuni) has been controlled by the authorities of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since 1993. The village of Gadrut and another 15 settlements came under Baku's control on November 7, 2020, during the 44-day war.
In the village of Gyzylgaya in the Khojavend district, the tractor driver ran over a mine, after which an explosion occurred, Report.az reported today.
As a result of the explosion, the equipment was damaged. The driver was not injured, clarified the publication 1news.az today.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that on October 20, 2025, while working in the village of Tagaverd in the Khojavend district, a driver of an excavator was blown up on a mine. His right leg was amputated up to the ankle.
Recall that full-scale fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh took place from September 27 to November 9, 2020. On September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan conducted large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, after which a mass exodus of the Armenian population began. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Armenia, according to the report of the "Caucasian Knot" "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".
Materials about events in the area of the former Karabakh conflict are published by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Karabakh: Bad Peace or War?".