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Nagorno-Karabakh: Footage shows aftermath of Azerbaijani shelling of Hadrut
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05.04.2016
Footage emerged on Tuesday revealing the aftermath of alleged attacks from the territory of Azerbaijan on Hadrut District in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Parts of the exploded shells were scattered all over the road, and troops of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic could be seen deployed across the trenches and next to artillery pieces. Several boxes containing ammunition were also at the site.
Earlier on Tuesday, Baku and Yerevan agreed on a ceasefire after four days of fighting. OSCE officials have been dispatched to the region to monitor the situation.
The hostilities in the region restarted on Friday night, with Armenia and Azerbaijan both blaming each other for the ceasefire violations. According to reports from Colonel Viktor Aroustamyan of the Artsakh Defence Army, 20 ethnic Armenians had died during the fighting as of Monday. At least 16 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed according to the most recent numbers released by the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry.
The first open conflict started in 1988, when Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian mountainous region, broke away from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised by the United Nations (UN) as being part of Azerbaijan but has been under the control of Armenian military and separatist forces since 1994.
Parts of the exploded shells were scattered all over the road, and troops of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic could be seen deployed across the trenches and next to artillery pieces. Several boxes containing ammunition were also at the site.
Earlier on Tuesday, Baku and Yerevan agreed on a ceasefire after four days of fighting. OSCE officials have been dispatched to the region to monitor the situation.
The hostilities in the region restarted on Friday night, with Armenia and Azerbaijan both blaming each other for the ceasefire violations. According to reports from Colonel Viktor Aroustamyan of the Artsakh Defence Army, 20 ethnic Armenians had died during the fighting as of Monday. At least 16 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed according to the most recent numbers released by the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry.
The first open conflict started in 1988, when Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian mountainous region, broke away from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised by the United Nations (UN) as being part of Azerbaijan but has been under the control of Armenian military and separatist forces since 1994.
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