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- Regardless of international calls to comply with the recently agreed ceasefire, heavy fighting in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh continues, according to authorities.
- Neighboring countries at war Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of massive bombings in the conflict region.
- The fighting is more severe than it has been since the 1990s, when some 30,000 people died.
The authorities of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, not internationally recognized, announced that there were rocket and artillery fire from the Azerbaijani side. The Defense Ministry in the Azerbaijani capital Baku accused Armenia of firing first. Among other things, the Terter region is affected.
That is an absolute lie. Azerbaijan is preparing the ground for aggressive actions against peace-loving places, ”denied a spokeswoman for the Armenian Defense Ministry in Yerevan. The enemy was attacked from all directions, it was said.
The Terter region is located in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the middle of the conflict zone between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said 31 civilians were killed. According to the Interfax news agency, Armenian officials said 542 soldiers have died on their side since fighting broke out on September 27. So far, Azerbaijan has not provided any information on losses in its own ranks. Many civilians died there too. Many people in the affected areas are currently waiting in the basements of their homes.
Russia demands compliance with the ceasefire
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the ceasefire agreed on Saturday night would not be maintained. The foreign ministers of the two countries reached the agreement through Russian mediation in Moscow, but it was broken shortly after its entry into force. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged on Monday that the ceasefire be respected.
Destroyed houses and many deaths in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan reported Sunday that Azerbaijani armed forces had fired on a residential area in Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, Ganja, early Sunday morning. Armenia dismissed this as a lie and accused Azerbaijan of attacking areas in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The two former Soviet republics have been fighting for decades over the mountainous region, which is home to some 145,000 people. Armenia controls Nagorno-Karabakh, but under international law it belongs to Islamic Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan lost control of the area in a war that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union some 30 years ago. It is inhabited by Armenian Christians from Karabakh. Turkey is on the side of Azerbaijan in the conflict, while Armenia sees Russia as a protective power.
