Yerkrapah Volunteer Union has been brought into the battle mode amid current escalation in the Karabakh conflict zone.

According to the Union, since the morning of April 3 several thousands have volunteered to fight, with several groups sent to the frontline to perform relevant tasks.

The Union is coordinating its actions with the government bodies, ministers of defense and supreme commanders-in-chief of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

Freedom fighters, students, doctors, medical nurses, and other specialists are applying to Yerkrapah offices for registration, the Union’s statement said.

On the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh, using artillery, armored fighting vehicles and air force equipment among other weapons.

As many as 18 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 35 were wounded in the course of military operations.

As of April 3, the Azerbaijani side has lost 14 tanks and over 5 armored vehicles, including an IFV, as well as 2 military helicopters and 2 unmanned aerial vehicles.

One Karabakh tank has been destroyed so far.