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Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan discloses troop deaths despite cease-fire
Azerbaijan has said four of its soldiers have been killed, and accused Armenian-backed separatists of an ambush. The deaths would be major breach of the Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire.
Azerbaijan s army soldiers at the Kalbajar district bordering Armenia Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded blame for breaking the terms of a cease-fire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Azeri government said Sunday that four of its troops had been killed in Nagorno-Karabakh after a group of Armenian fighters ambushed its forces on November 26.
The deaths are the first to be reported during the conflict s cease-fire, which has lasted more than a month.
Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for deadly post-ceasefire clashes
14.12.2020
Clashes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have killed four Azeri servicemen in recent weeks, Azerbaijan s defence ministry said on Sunday, in the first report of casualties since a Russian-brokered ceasefire accord.
Separately, authorities in Armenia said six of their servicemen had been wounded in what they described as an Azeri military offensive that took place on Saturday.
The Baku government said the clashes, which also left two Azeri servicemen wounded, had taken place in an area that fell under its control when the fighting ended on Nov. 10 and territory in Nagorno-Karabakh previously controlled by ethnic Armenians was handed over to Azerbaijan.
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14 December, 2020, 4:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: An armoured personnel carrier (APC) of ethnic Armenian forces captured during recent fighting as it is transported for public show during the parade to mark the victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Baku, Azerbaijan December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – Clashes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have killed four Azeri servicemen in recent weeks, Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said on Sunday, in the first report of casualties since a Russian-brokered ceasefire accord.
Separately, authorities in Armenia said six of their servicemen had been wounded in what they described as an Azeri military offensive that took place on Saturday.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan discloses troop deaths despite cease-fire
Azerbaijan said four of its soldiers were killed, accusing Armenian-backed separatists of an ambush. It would be the first deaths reported during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict s ceasefire. December 14, 2020 11:32:24 am
Russia s Defense Ministry reported that the cease-fire had been violated for the first time, but it stayed silent on assigning blame. (Azerbaijan s Defence Ministry/AP/Representational)
Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other on Sunday for breaking the terms of a cease-fire in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Azeri government said four of its troops had been killed in Nagorno-Karabakh after a group of Armenian fighters ambushed its forces on November 26.