MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is conducting military exercises to test its readiness for combat amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces, Russia’s Defense Minister told his Azeri counterpart on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu awaits a meeting of the Organizing Committee for Pobeda (Victoria) at …
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Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of bombing military positions and villages, breaking a ceasefire day in border clashes between the former Soviet republics. the Azerbaijan The Defense Ministry said Thursday that one of its soldiers was killed, while the Armenian Defense Ministry said a civilian was wounded in the …
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At least 16 people, including an army general, have been killed in fighting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. Skirmishes on the volatile border between the two southern Caucasus nations began on Sunday. Azerbaijan said it has lost 11 service personnel and …
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BAKU / YEREVAN (Reuters) – Several Azeri soldiers have been killed and Armenian soldiers and police wounded in border clashes, the two countries said on Monday, accusing each other of invading their territory. The two former Soviet republics have long been in conflict over the separation of Azerbaijan, mainly the …
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Four Azerbaijani soldiers were killed when troops from Azerbaijan and Armenia clashed on their border in a further escalation of their decades-long territorial dispute. Three of the soldiers died on Sunday and one on Monday in artillery fire that broke out on Sunday near the Tavush region, the Azerbaijani Ministry …
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