28 years have passed since the genocide committed by the Armenians in the Azerbaijani Khojaly city. On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Armenian armed forces, with the support of the 366th Russian motorized rifle regiment, occupied Khojaly city and carried out brutal massacres against civilians - Azerbaijanis. Armenian armed forces, supported by armored vehicles and personnel of the 366th motorized rifle regiment stationed in the times of the USSR in Khankendi, launched an offensive on Khojaly on February 25. 2500 residents of the city, surrounded, tried to escape, moved in the direction of Agdam. However, the Armenians in ambush shot civilians. As a result of the genocide, which became the tragedy of the century, 613 civilians were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people - a total of 613 residents of Khojaly. 8 families were completely destroyed, 25 children lost both parents, 130 children lost one parent, 487 people were injured, including 76 children, 1275 people captured. The fate of 150 people, including 68 women and 26 children, is still unknown. According to official estimates, as a result of the occupation of Khojaly city by the illegal Armenian armed forces, the destruction and plunder of state and private property, the Azerbaijani state and its citizens suffered damage in the amount of $ 170 million. In 1993, a monument to the victims of the Khojaly genocide was erected in the Khatai district of Baku.