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The breaking of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was due to come into effect on the morning of October 26, was immediately announced to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry and then to the Armenian Defense Ministry.
Humanitarian ceasefire agreements were frustrated in Nagorno-Karabakh as of 8:00 local time (6:00 Kiev time) on 26 October. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported this on Telegram at 6.25.
“The Armenian armed forces, in violation of the new humanitarian ceasefire regime, fired on the city of Tartar and the villages in the region on October 26,” the statement said.
“At 08:05, the Armenian armed forces, in violation of the new humanitarian ceasefire, from the direction of the city of Lachin subjected to artillery fire the units of the Azerbaijani army located in the village of Safiyan, Lachin region “Baku said.
The press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, reported on Facebook about the bombing by the Azerbaijani army.
“In serious violation of the agreement reached in the United States on a humanitarian truce, the Azerbaijani side at 8:45 a.m. opened artillery fire in the direction of the fighting positions in the northeast of Artsakh (that’s why Nagorno-Karabakh is called in Armenia. – “GORDON”) “, – she wrote.
On October 25 new agreements were reached on an armistice in Nagorno-Karabakh with the mediation of the United States.
In 1991 Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of Armenia declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on an armistice and a ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region. Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, declared that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Deaths and injuries reported military personnel and civilians.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it. Subsequently, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, reported several times about the taking of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Baku.
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