Azerbaijani leader Aliyev announced that they captured Shusha, the second largest city in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that the Azerbaijani army captured Shusha, the second largest city in Nagorno-Karabakh. However, the Armenian authorities denied this news.

Shusha is of central importance in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts.

Shusha, which is of cultural and strategic importance for Azerbaijan and Armenia, is 15 km from Khankendi, the largest city in Nagorno-Karabakh. far.

Azerbaijan’s capture of Shusha will allow him to gain a strategic advantage in conflicts.

Saying that the call for prayer will be heard in Shusha after 28 years, Ilham Aliyev said: “Our victory march continues. If the Armenian administration does not respond to my demands, we will go to the end.” said.

According to Reuters, demonstrations of joy were held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, after Aliyev’s televised statement on Sunday.

The authorities in charge in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Minister of Defense of Armenia rejected this claim.

In the statement made by the Armenian Defense Ministry, it was said that the fighting continued in Shusha.

Intense fighting has recently taken place in the cities of Shusha and Khankendi.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied allegations that areas where civilians live were also targeted.

Speaking to Reuters, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyst Thomas de Waal said Shusha had great cultural significance for both parties.

According to Waal, before the previous war, Azerbaijanis were the majority in the city.

For Armenians, the Nagorno-Karabakh Cathedral is located here.

Under international law, Nagorno-Karabakh is considered Azerbaijani territory under Armenian occupation.

At least a thousand people have died in the conflict that has lasted six weeks.