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For his part, Arcrun Ovanisian, a spokesman for the ministry, announced the attack on civilian objects in Vardenis and published a photo of the burning bus.
He also stressed that there are no victims during the shootings on Armenian territory.
September 27, an official in Baku said that the Armenian armed forces were firing heavily at the Azerbaijani army positions. For his part, Yeravan announced that the Azerbaijani armed forces launched an attack in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh and fired at the settlements of the unrecognized republic, including its administrative center, Stepanakert.
Both parties report deaths and injuries, including civilians. The Armenian government has declared a military situation and the mobilization of reserve troops. Azerbaijan also decided to introduce a military position throughout the country.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh began in February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian Autonomous Region declared its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. In September 1991, the establishment of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was announced at the Stepanakert Autonomous Administrative Center. In the wake of the military conflict, Azerbaijan lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Negotiations for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem have been ongoing since 1992, but have so far failed.
The number of deaths is increasing
Despite international calls for a ceasefire, fierce fighting broke out between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces on Monday, sparking belligerent Turkish rhetoric from the region and claiming dozens of lives.
The territorial dispute between Yerevan and Baku over the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh has raged for decades. After 30 thousand. In the early 1990s, a life-threatening war, the region declared its independence from Azerbaijan, but it is not recognized by any state, not even Armenia. The international community still considers Nagorno-Karabakh to be part of Azerbaijan.
On Monday night, Azerbaijani forces carried out a “massive attack on the southern and northeastern sectors of the Karabakh front line,” said Hovhanisian Armenian, a spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry said another 26 of its soldiers were killed on Monday night, bringing the total number of separatist soldiers killed to 84.
The total number of casualties amounted to 95, including 11 civilians: nine in Azerbaijan and two on the Armenian side.
Azerbaijan did not report casualties to its soldiers, but Armenian separatist officials released images showing the bodies of burned armored vehicles and soldiers burned with blood. They are said to be dead Azerbaijani soldiers.
The struggle between Muslim Azerbaijan and Christian Armenia could involve major players in the region, Russia, which has formed a military alliance with Armenia, and Turkey, which supports Azerbaijan.
Russia, which has a permanent military base in Armenia, sells modern weapons to both Baku and Yerevan for billions of dollars (euros).
Flame to stop the fire
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ordered a partial military mobilization on Monday, and General Mais Barkhudarov promised “to fight to the last drop of blood.”
As both sides blamed each other for the resumption of fighting, world leaders called for an end to the ceasefire for fear of a possible general conflict.
The United Nations Security Council plans to hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Tuesday on the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, diplomats told the AFP news agency.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was closely monitoring the situation. According to him, the priority now must be “the cessation of military action, not the clarification of what is right and who is to blame.”
But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Armenia must end the “occupation” of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia has accused Turkey of interfering in the conflict.
In addition to the EU and Russia, France, Germany, Italy and the United States also called for a ceasefire.
“We are not afraid of war”
The resumption of fighting has fueled patriotic fervor in both Azerbaijan and Armenia.
“It just came to our notice then. The fighting cannot stop until we force Armenia to give back our lands,” Vidadi Alekperov, a 39-year-old waiter, told AFP in Baku.
In Yerevan, Vardan Arutiunian, 67, said Armenia was waiting for the attack.
Nagorno-Karabakh “can only be solved by military means,” he said, adding: “We are not afraid of war.”
AFP analysts said international intermediaries must step up their efforts to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.
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