Armenia and Azerbaijan have exchanged accusations of violating the humanitarian ceasefire in Karabakh minutes after the truce took effect at noon (8:00 GMT).
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to cease hostilities in the conflict-torn region as a result of 10-hour talks in Moscow, which finished in the early hours of Saturday.
"Ignoring the ceasefire announced for humanitarian purposes effective as of October 10, 12:00, the Azerbaijani units launched an assault in the direction of an area called ‘Karakhambeyli’ at 12:05. The units of the Artsakh Defence Army take appropriate measures to halt the enemy attack," the Armenian Defence Ministry’s spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan wrote on Facebook.
The Azerbaijani military, in turn, accused Armenian armed forces of shelling Terter and Agdam regions of Azerbaijan.
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France Says Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire Must Now Be Implemented, Respected to Ensure Conditions in Place for Permanent End of Hostilities
ReplyDeleteThe Azerbaijani armed forces intensified drone attacks in the southern area of the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh despite agreements on a humanitarian truce reached by the foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, Armenian Defense Ministry Press Secretary Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook on Saturday.
ReplyDelete"After a statement following a meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, the Azerbaijani armed forces stepped up the use of drones in the southern direction. The enemy … is trying to change the situation before 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, before a ceasefire announced for humanitarian purposes," the press secretary said.
"The units of the defense army of Artsakh [the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic] are thwarting all the enemy attacks, inflicting heavy losses in manpower and in the arsenal of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles]," she wrote on her Facebook.
The Azerbaijani armed forces employed a strike drone in an attack on the village community of Yeritsvank and also the settlement of Artsvanik in the Kapan region of the Syunik province in Armenia. There are no casualties, according to available information, Stepanyan said.
An air raid siren is being heard in Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital of Stepanakert despite the ceasefire agreed by Armenia and Azerbaijan with Russia’s mediation, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.
ReplyDeleteNo shell explosions are being heard in the city. The air raid siren was on throughout the morning with some interruptions. Possibly, reconnaissance drones are flying over Stepanakert.
At Least 5 Dead, 28 Injured in Ganja Shelling by Armenian Forces - Azeri Prosecutor General's Office
ReplyDeleteOn early Sunday, Azeri Defence Ministry said that Ganja, which is the second largest city in the country, had been shelled by Armenian forces. The statement followed an announcement made by Nagorno-Karabakh that several large villages were attacked by the Azeri forces.
DeleteEl ministro de Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, ha declarado este miércoles que le parecería "correcto" el despliegue observadores militares rusos a lo largo de la línea de control en la disputada región de Nagorno Karabaj, epicentro de los enfrentamientos bélicos entre Armenia y Azerbaiyán, para garantizar así un alto el fuego.
ReplyDeleteNo obstante, el jefe de la diplomacia rusa puntualizó que la decisión final sobre el envío de fuerzas rusas de paz recae en Ereván y Bakú.
"Creemos que sería completamente correcto que hubiera observadores militares nuestros, pero la última palabra recae en las partes [en el conflicto]", indicó Lavrov en una entrevista con emisoras rusas.
Las fuerzas de Azerbaiyán han lanzado este miércoles "un ataque de precisión" contra un sistema de misiles tácticos de Armenia que ha quedado destruido, informa el Ministerio de Defensa azerbaiyano en un comunicado.
DeleteEn el comunicado se afirma que los misiles fueron desplegados en las regiones fronterizas de Armenia, apuntaban contra Ganyá, Mingachevir y otras ciudades de Azerbaiyán, y tenían el objetivo de causar víctimas entre la población y destruir la infraestructura civil.
"A fin de garantizar la seguridad de la población civil", el sistema de misiles fue "desactivado mediante un ataque preventivo preciso", comunica el Ministerio, agregando que con anterioridad, a la 01:00 (hora local), otro ataque preciso destruyó "sistemas de misiles táctico-operacionales que habían sido trasladados a posiciones de lanzamiento en la misma dirección".
La parte azerbaiyana asegura que no había infraestructura o instalaciones civiles en los puntos donde los misiles armenios fueron preparados para ser lanzados.