According to the Russian agency TASS, the representatives of this disputed territory declared martial law and the general mobilization of all men from the age of 18 in response to the shooting. Armenia did the same afterwards.
“The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense informed on Sunday morning that Armenian forces were shelling Azerbaijani army positions and Azerbaijani communities. Civilians are dead and wounded,” he writes. TASS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pasiyan, on the other hand, said on Facebook that the Azerbaijani air force had started attacking.
Armenians have warned that the Azerbaijani army is bombing villages, including the Karabakh capital Stepanakert. The Armenian army also said that it shot down two helicopters, three drones and destroyed three tanks.
“Our response is adequate and the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the situation,” he said. BBC statement by the Armenian Ministry. Officials said a woman with a child died in connection with the attacks.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have long been at loggerheads over Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1988, armed conflict broke out and Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, broke away from Azerbaijan in a bloody war. It claimed 30,000 dead and hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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