Azerbaijan launches operation towards Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh | Topurdu

BAKU-Azerbaijan’s protection ministry stated Tuesday it had begun an “anti-terrorist” marketing campaign within the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area, as Armenian media and native authorities reported heavy bombardment of the regional capital of Stepanakert.
At the least 5 folks have been killed, together with a toddler, and 80 folks have been injured, amid artillery, missile and drone strikes by the Azerbaijan navy, based on Armenian state information. Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave that’s internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, has been the reason for two wars between the neighbors up to now three a long time, most lately in 2020.
Tensions have been simmering across the area for months, after Azerbaijani troops blockaded the Lachin hall in December, reducing off the one street connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and stopping the import of meals to its roughly 120,000 inhabitants.
Russian peacekeepers, who deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh below the phrases of the 2020 ceasefire, have been tasked with stopping a contemporary battle breaking out. However Moscow has been accused of being unable or unwilling to intervene to guard Armenia, its long-term ally, within the face of continuous aggression from Azerbaijan. Karabakh authorities stated they’ve requested for quick talks with Azerbaijan, amid continued shelling of the area. In response, the Azerbaijani Presidency stated it’s keen to fulfill with Karabakh Armenians, however added in an announcement: “To cease anti-terrorist measures, unlawful Armenian armed teams should elevate the white flag, give up all weapons, and the unlawful regime should dissolve itself. In any other case, anti-terrorist measures might be continued till the tip.” The Azerbaijani protection ministry demanded in an announcement Tuesday “the whole withdrawal of ethnic Armenian troops and the dissolution of the federal government in Stepanakert.”