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The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, after the words of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on the taking of the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh, said that the fighting continues there.
Armenia refutes the statement of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, that Azerbaijan took the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. About that reported Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan on Twitter.
“The fighting continues in Shushi, wait and believe in our army,” he wrote at 11:35 am Kiev time.
The battles continue in Shushi, wait and believe in our army.
– Artsrun Hovhannisyan (@arcrunmod) November 8, 2020
At 1:00 p.m. Kiev time, Hovhannisyan reportedthat the fight still continues.
The battles continue …
– Artsrun Hovhannisyan (@arcrunmod) November 8, 2020
Shusha located 11 kilometers from the capital of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert… Journalist of the Ukrainian channel “1 + 1” Andrey Tsaplienkocovering the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, explained Today on Telegram that the key Stepanakert – Shusha – Lachin highway passes through Shusha, the only transportation artery through which the Armenian army and military equipment entered the Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
According to Tsaplienko, if Azerbaijan takes Shusha, total control over Nagorno-Karabakh is “a matter of several weeks, if not days.”
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 Armistice and 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”, bombardment 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. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and wounded.
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, Aliyev repeatedly reported on the seizure of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Baku.
Agreements on an armistice were reached in Nagorno-Karabakh on several occasions, but each time they were violated.
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