Russian soldiers died in Nagorno-Karabakh. They were shot at

A car carrying Russian peacekeepers was shot at in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Defense Ministry in Moscow said all were killed.

The incident took place “during the return of the Russian peacekeeping contingent from an observation point in the area of ​​the Janjatag settlement,” the Russian Ministry of Defense reported, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.

The car was shot at with small arms. It is not known who the driver was and how many soldiers were in it.

“Representatives of the investigative authorities of Russia and Azerbaijan are working on the ground to clarify all the circumstances of the incident,” the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said.

Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

On Tuesday, Azerbaijan began shelling the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, in an attempt to “restore constitutional order.” A ceasefire was agreed about a day later.

Russian peacekeepers have been in Nagorno-Karabakh since 2020 in accordance with tripartite agreements signed by Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh an internal affair of Azerbaijan and emphasized that “we are talking de jure about Azerbaijan’s actions on its territory.”

The dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia is flaring up again

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been in conflict for decades over Nagorno-Karabakh, an area inhabited by the vast majority of Armenians, which formally belongs to Azerbaijan but in fact functions as an independent state, although not controlled by any country in the world is recognized. the world.

Since Azerbaijan’s victorious war in 2020, a state of uncertainty has existed around Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian forces were subsequently defeated and the parastate’s territory reduced by approximately two-thirds.

The Center for Oriental Studies points out that the situation surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia remains the most dynamic element of the process of overhauling the regional order in the South Caucasus, which accelerated after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Source: Do Rzeczy

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