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Sputnik Valery Melnikov
A checkpoint of the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh
The Russian Defense Ministry announced, tonight, Saturday, the first violation of the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh region.
The ministry said in a statement covering the daily activities of Russian peacekeepers deployed in the region: “On December 11, a violation of the ceasefire was observed in the Hadrot district.”
For its part, a source from the headquarters of the Russian peacekeepers in the city of Stepanakert (the capital of the unrecognized Republic of Karabakh) said that “light automatic fire was detected in the Hadrot district”, adding that ” the two parties were informed immediately, through communication channels. ” And the demand for a total commitment to the ceasefire. “
The statement from the Russian Defense Ministry also indicated that the 23 centers of the peacekeeping forces are monitoring the evolution of the situation in the region and monitoring the ceasefire in Karabakh 24 hours a day. It added that Russian soldiers guaranteed the return of 481 refugees to their homes in Karabakh from Armenia over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of the region’s population that returned to their homes after the cessation of fighting (according to the Joint Russian-Armenian-Azerbaijani communiqué issued on November 10) 37,707 people.
It is noteworthy that the Armenian Defense Ministry accused the Azerbaijani forces, on Saturday, of resuming their offensive operations towards two towns in the south of Karabakh, while Baku accused the Armenian side of violating the armistice.
Source: RIA Novosti + agencies
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