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| Hostilities break out between Armenia & Azerbaijan over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, both countries say | Hostilities break out between Armenia & Azerbaijan over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, both countries say |
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| Azerbaijan launched “an offensive” against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian PM said amid reports of Azeri aircraft being shot down. Baku insists it is taking “retaliatory measures” in the disputed Armenian-populated region. | Azerbaijan launched “an offensive” against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian PM said amid reports of Azeri aircraft being shot down. Baku insists it is taking “retaliatory measures” in the disputed Armenian-populated region. |
| Hostilities resumed along the frontier of Nagorno-Karabakh earlier on Sunday, with top officials in both Armenia and Azerbaijan confirming the news.“The enemy has started an attack on Artsakh,” Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told his Facebook audience, referring to the Armenian name for the territory claimed by Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh forces “successfully repel the attack,” and the situation is under control, the premier informed. | |
| Separately, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said the military has launched “a counteroffensive operation along the entire front” in a bid to safeguard civilians and contain Armenian forces. The counterattack involves infantry and armored units supported by the Air Force, Baku revealed. | |
| As the crisis unfolded, top officials in Baku reported Armenian forces have been shelling Azerbaijani army positions and populated areas, a claim Yerevan is yet to confirm. | |
| On their part, leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh said Stepanakert, the region’s largest city of over 55,000 people, has also been hit by Azerbaijani artillery. “We urge the population to remain calm and take cover,” a spokesperson for Nagorno-Karabakh president wrote on Facebook. | |
| There have been conflicting casualty reports from both sides later in the day. Azerbaijan’s military have confirmed a combat helicopter was shot down but that its crew survived, adding there have been an unspecified number of victims among civilians. It also claimed 12 Armenian air defense systems were hit and destroyed.Meanwhile, Armenian army insisted the Azerbaijani losses have been much higher, amounting to 2 helicopters, 3 tanks and 3 drones. “The enemy sustained casualties in manpower,” Shushan Stepanyan, spokeswoman for the Armenian defense ministry, suggested. | |
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