29 minutes agoAt least 49 Armenian soldiers killed in the Armenian-Azerbejdjan war
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Armenia lost at least 49 soldiers in recent border clashes with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinian said. For the moment, we have 49 [soldiers] killed and unfortunately it is not the final figure”, Pashinian said. The two countries reported new border clashes early on 13 September. Washington called for interruption of [...]
For the moment, we have 49 [soldiers] killed and unfortunately it is not the final figure”, Pashinian said.
The two countries reported new border clashes early on 13 September.
Washington called for immediate interruption of hostilities between the two countries.
Since the end of the 2020 war, there have been frequent explosions between Yerevan and Baku over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, along their common border.
On Tuesday [September 13th] at 00:05 a.m., according to local time, Azerbaijan began intensive promotions, with great artillery and calibration weapons, against Armenian military positions in the direction of the cities of Goris, Sotk and Jermuk”, Armenia's Defence Ministry said.
While, Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry accused Armenia of broad-scale anti-x0 hostile “around Dashkesan, Kelbayar and Lachin, adding that its army's positions “placed “under fire”.
“There is defeat among [Azerbaijan] soldiers”, the ministry announced, without providing figures.
Armenia did not mention losses, but said the clashes continued overnight.
The United States has called, on September 12, to end the conflict.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington is “deeply concerned” about the situation, including the “reported attacks against civilian settlements and infrastructure” in Armenia.
Baku and Yerevan have been involved in a conflict for the breakaway region of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, for years.
Armenian-backed Separatists took control of the predominantly populated region with Armenians from Azerbaijan during a war in the early 1990s that killed some 30,000 people.
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict brought little progress over the years, and the two sides launched another six-week war before a Russian-brokered ceasefire was adopted.
According to the ceasefire, parts of the breakaway region and seven nearby districts returned under Azerbaijan's control. Some 2,000 Russian troops have been deployed there to maintain peace.
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
