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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conference on Thursday.
Almost 5,000 people have lost their lives as a result of the three-week conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, says Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“According to our information, the death toll on both sides is almost 2,000. The total death toll is starting to approach 5,000,” Putin said in a televised speech on Thursday.
According to estimates by the AFP news agency, some 1,000 people have died in the current conflict.
The Caucasian Nagorno-Karabakh formally belongs to Azerbaijan, but in practice it is a separatist region under the wings of Armenia, with a mainly Armenian population.
The conflict has great nationalist overtones and both Azerbaijan and Armenia make historic claims in the area.
Two ceasefires, negotiated by Russia in October, have collapsed.
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