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The Russian Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that “three additional Russian cargo planes took off from Ulyanovsk with peacekeepers for Nagorno-Karabakh.” A Russian defense statement said: “Three“ Il-76 ”military transport aircraft took off to investigate the peacekeepers on November 11, 2020 from Ulyanovsk – Vostochny airport, to participate in the peacekeeping operation. in the Karabakh conflict zone.
The aircraft carries members of the 15th Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the Central Military District on board, as well as special equipment, vehicles and military parts. Under the auspices of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement in Nagorno Karabakh, and the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint declaration on a halt the fire in Karabakh.
The ceasefire declaration stipulates that the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces will stop at their current positions, and Russian peacekeepers will be deployed along the line of contact in Karabakh and the corridor connecting the Armenian lands and Karabakh. Under the tripartite agreement, Russian peacekeepers began their deployment on the union lines in the Karabakh region on Tuesday morning. The Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh will include 1,960 soldiers, 90 armored personnel carriers and 380 pieces of military equipment.
Source: Sputnik
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