Heavy fighting continues in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenian forces and Azerbaijan as both sides accuse one another of attacking civilian areas.
On Monday, Armenian military officials accused Azerbaijan of shelling Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azeri officials accused Armenia of attacking several towns on Monday, including two major cities, Ganja and Mingachevir, which were first hit on Sunday.
Around 250 people have been reported killed in the fighting, but the real number is expected to be much higher since Azerbaijan has not disclosed its military casualties.
Officials in Nagorno-Karabakh reported 21 more military deaths on Monday, bringing the total dead ethnic Armenian soldiers to 223 since the clashes broke out on September 27th. Azerbaijan said 25 civilians have been killed on its side, and Armenia has reported two dead civilians.
The fighting shows no sign of slowing down, and Azerbaijan is calling for all Armenian forces to withdraw from its territory. Nagorno-Karabakh is technically within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan.
The dispute turned violent with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and tens of thousands were killed during clashes in the early 1990s. Since a ceasefire was declared in 1994, Nagorno-Karabakh has operated as a de facto independent state with Armenian support.
“Nagorno-Karabakh is our land. We have to go back there, and we are doing it now,” Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said in a fiery speech on Sunday. “This is the end. We showed them who we are. We are chasing them like dogs.”
Azerbaijan is openly advocating ethnic cleansing and the only Americans who seem to give a f**k are the defense companies selling the bullets to make it happen.
false–azeris obtain their weapons from Israel, Turkey Russia; armenian weapons r Russian
Over $100 million dollars in aid over the last few years has come from the US.
Actually Azerbaijan is now merely a puppet for the Ottoman-jihadi alliance. Aliyev is a ventriloquist’s dummy for Sultan Erdogan.
What I’m infuriated about is Russia not lifting a finger. Armenia needs to be supported unconditionally.
Israel sells weapons to Azeris; they are aware that Armenians are the most anti-semitic people followed by poles, South Africans…Georgians dislike them also…Yerevan has seen anti-Russian protests; now they cry because Russia will not help
This is a message to those that accept EU bribes. Russia should let Armenia defend itself and lose its territory to Azerbaijan. But if they invade Armenia itself then intervene.
Nagorno Karabakh is not responsible for the actions of the Nikol Pashinyan colour revolution regime. It’s still a separate region under its own (albeit unrecognised) government, Artsakh. It deserves full support by anyone who cares about self determination and liberty.
What is this war disease that still engulfs humanity?