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The president of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Harutyunyan, warned that the Azerbaijani forces are within a few kilometers from the strategic city of Shusha, while clashes have continued in this region since the end of September between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists.
In the video that Harutyunyan posted on Facebook, he said that “the enemy is a few kilometers from Shusha, five kilometers maximum,” adding that “their objective is to invade Shusha, and whoever controls it will control Artsakh,” referring to the Armenian name of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. .
Shusha is located about 15 kilometers from Stepanakert, the main city of the region, and on a road that connects it with Armenia. Shusha’s control, located on a hill, allows you to target Stepanakert.
“In the coming days, the situation at the front must be reversed and the enemy must be punished directly at the gates of Shusha,” Harutyunyan said in a video clip taken near a historic Armenian cathedral located in this city. He added, “Let’s unite and fight together!”
The Nagorno-Karabakh authorities accused the Azerbaijani forces of launching a large-scale bombardment of Stepanakert, which had already been hit by shells since the fighting returned.
In this context, a senior local official, Artak Beglarian, said: “Azerbaijan attacked the city for several hours and dozens of shells fell on it”, referring to “injured civilians”.
This comes the day after the Azerbaijani city of Barda, a city near Nagorno Karabakh, was attacked, and after that, Baku accused the Armenian army of killing 21 people after the attack and wounding dozens, and five civilians were killed. On tuesday night.
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