Christian and arminia muslim. The two countries we re were pa rt of were part of the Old Soviet Union but when that fell apart tensions escalated. These are parts of the first war between 1992 and 1994. 30,000 people were estimated to have lost their lives. A ceasefire was announced in 1994 but never address the underlying issues and what followed was a ceasefire. 0ver the underlying issues and what followed was a ceasefire. Over a decade later in 2008 these are Russian Mediated talks held but that fell apart. In 2020 that fell apart. Azerbaijan launched an offensive but we captured territory. Thousands of soldiers on both sides reported to have been killed in six weeks of fierce fighting. Another truce was agreed to be monitored by russian peacekeepers. They were to monitor the safe passage of a corridor connecting Nagorno Karabakh To Arminia Moscow attention was diverted by its war in ukraine and tensions were raised and for the last nine months azerbaijan has imposed an effective bl