Military developments 

On 2 November, the de facto Defence Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh reported that  battles of varying intensity took place on the front line. In addition, it was emphasised that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces used MLRS Grad and Smerch missiles on the cities of Martuni and Martakert. It was also reported that the de facto deputy Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, Colonel Artur Sargsyan, was killed during the hostilities.

The Armenian MOD stated that the Azerbaijani Army fired at the village of David Bek, Syunik region, in the south of Armenia, stating that  one person died and two were wounded. The Armenian authorities also accused Azerbaijan of using phosphorus munitions in the conflict.

The Azerbaijani MOD reported that during the day on 1 November and during the night of 2 November, subdivisions of the armed forces of Armenia fired from various types of weapons, including missiles and artillery, at the positions of subdivisions of the Azerbaijan Army and settlements in different directions of the front. The combat operations of the Army continued mainly on the Aghdam, Khojavend and Gubadli directions of the front. It was also highlighted that the villages in the regions of Aghdam and Agjabedi succumbed to shelling attacks. The Azerbaijani MOD stated that the Armenian military, from the regions of Noyemberyan, Berd and Vardenis, fired at the positions of Azerbaijani units located in the Gazakh, Tovuz and Dashkesan regions. 

The Azerbaijani Army also announced that it gained control over Chaprand, Haji Isagli and Gosha Bulag villages of Jabrayil, Dere Giletag and Boyuk Giletag villages of Zangilan, Ishigli, Muradkhanli and Milanli village of Gubadli.

Political developments

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter to the Russian President Vladimir Putin presenting in detail the situation unfolding around Nagorno-Karabakh. He said Putin should start immediate consultations to define the type and the scale of assistance Russia can provide to Armenia to ensure its security. This request was based on the allied relations between Armenia and Russia and the Article 2 of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance from 1997. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied by saying that Moscow would provide all necessary assistance to Yerevan in accordance with the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the two countries, if hostilities spill over to Armenia’s territory. 

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev responded to Pashinyan’s letter by saying that the Armenian Prime Minister’s letter was a de facto admittance of the Armenian military’s defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh in the war against the Azerbaijani army. “This letter is, in fact, an admission of defeat, because military support was requested from Russia,” Aliyev said, adding that Yerevan has no reason to ask for such support. “It should be noted that yesterday Russia voiced the groundlessness of Nikol Pashinyan's demands through the Russian Foreign Ministry, which reported that "Yerevan will be provided with all the necessary assistance if the clashes are carried out directly on the territory of Armenia. Thus, the Armenian authorities were told that their troops were still fighting on foreign soil,” he added.

Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement condemning the recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters and jihadists by Turkey from various “hot spots” in the Middle East, particularly from Libya and the areas under its control in Syria to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh. The ministry emphasised that the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh forces already captured 2 Syrian fighters who were fighting alongside Azerbaijani forces. 

On the other hand, the Azerbaijani authorities cited the report released by the news agency Reuters which stated that Lebanese citizens of Armenian origin were fighting alongside the de facto Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh.

It was also reported that the de facto President of Nagorno-Karabakh Arayik Harutyunyan dismissed the territory's de facto Minister of Economy and Industrial Infrastructures Levon Grigoryan, as well as de facto Chairman of the State Commission for Regulation of Public Services and Economic Competition Artak Mirzoyan.