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Armenian separatists took control of Nagorno-Karabakh from Baku during the 1991-1994 war, which claimed 30,000 lives. lives.
Although negotiations have been going on through Russia, the United States and France since 1994 to try to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, one of the biggest conflicts since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, no solution has yet been found. long-term.
Armenia said on Sunday that Azerbaijan had targeted civilian settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh, including the main city in the region, Stepanakert.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has announced that it has launched a “counterattack to stop the fighting in Armenia and ensure the safety of the population.” The ministry said it used tanks, artillery, combat aviation and drones to fight back.
“There are reports of civilian and military deaths and injuries,” said Hikmet Hajjev, spokesman for the Azerbaijani president. Nagorno-Karabakh ombudsman Artak Beglarian said there were “civilian casualties” in the region. They did not specify specific numbers.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry said that the Armenian woman and child had been killed in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The worst fighting since 2016 has increased the risk of a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, whose territorial dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has dragged on for decades.
The Nagorno-Karabakh presidency announced that Azerbaijan had launched an “active bombardment” along the Nagorno-Karabakh front line on Sunday morning. Officials have also bombed civilian targets, including Stepanakert, the main city in the region, according to officials.
The Separatist Defense Ministry announced that its forces had shot down two Azerbaijani helicopters and three drones.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied the reports, saying that the country’s forces had responded to the Armenian attack.
Hajjev said that the Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh “seriously violated the ceasefire and launched an intense attack on the Azerbaijani armed forces along the front line using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery cannons.”
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Transport said it had “restricted Internet activity” in the country to “avoid Armenian provocations.”
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