Armenia faced with a ‘historical threat’



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In the Caucasus, the two former Soviet republics, Armenia and Azerbaijan, blame each other for the first attacks since the war began. The decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region resurfaced on Sunday. This is the biggest conflict since 2016, according to FP.

Armenian leaders have expressed concern that Armenia faces a historic threat due to the country’s huge losses in the ongoing armed conflict with Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The crisis has been intensifying since last month.

After seven days of fighting in the ethnic Armenian Karabakh region, which has been cut off from Azerbaijan, the Armenian Defense Minister has said that separatist forces in Karabakh have repelled a fierce attack by Azerbaijan. However, Armenia acknowledged that 51 of the separatist fighters in Karabakh had been killed. As a result, a total of 240 people died on both sides.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has already announced that it has occupied parts of the disputed territory. President Ilham Aliyev has claimed that his country’s army has occupied the village of Madajik. A main road heading north can be monitored from this strategically important small town.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called on all Armenians to join. “Perhaps we are going through the ‘deadliest moment’ in our millennial history,” he said. Now we have to move forward with the sole objective of winning.

The rockets and shelling began last Saturday in Stephankart, the regional capital of Karabakh. Regional defense officials also acknowledged the heavy bombardment that day.

Regional powers Russia and Turkey are also feared to be involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Armenia is a member of a military alliance of former Soviet countries led by Russia. That is why Russia has military bases in Armenia. On the other hand, Turkey has given its full support to Azerbaijan in this war. News



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