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In the main city of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Stepanakert, air raid sirens sounded, reporting a missile attack from Azerbaijan. Today the ceasefire concluded on the eve began to operate, but the parties to the conflict accuse each other of violating it.
On the night of October 10, a missile attack was launched against the main city of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Stepanakert, wrote on Twitter “Ombudsman” of the NKR Artak Beglaryan.
“Azerbaijan has just launched two missile attacks on Stepanakert. Does it aim to maintain the humanitarian ceasefire?” – He said in a tweet.
Armenpress reports that an air raid siren sounded in the city.
According to the “authorities” of the unrecognized republic, the town of Martuni (Khojavend) was also bombed.
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”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. There were reports of soldiers and civilians killed and injured.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 3, Armenia announced that Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive, which the self-defense groups of the unrecognized republic managed to stop.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10.
Today, both sides of the conflict accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.
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