The Azerbaijani Ministry reported the attack on Twitter. “A new rocket attack by Armenian forces on a residential area in Azerbaijan’s second largest city, Ganja (Gäncä), by Armenian forces, seven dead and 33 wounded, including children,” the office said. The Prosecutor General’s Office subsequently increased the number of missile shelling victims to nine. She also calculated that since the outbreak of fighting at the end of September, 41 civilians have lost their lives in Azerbaijan and 205 have escaped with injuries, the TASS agency reported. Baku does not report military losses.
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According to the Interfax agency, which refers to local authorities, one of the rockets hit a residential house with several apartments, which completely collapsed. Rescuers rescued five bodies and 17 wounded from the wreckage, the agency said. The search for survivors on the spot continues.
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“Azerbaijan is currently trying to maintain a ceasefire. Once again, we are trying to show that we are sticking to the agreements that have been reached. But if such attacks continue, we will have to take countermeasures. We are still evaluating the situation, “said Adviser to Azerbaijan’s President Hikmet Hadzhiev, according to the TASS agency, regarding the prospects for the continuation of the ceasefire.
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Armenian Ministry of Defense spokeswoman Shushan Stepanjan dismissed the Azerbaijani accusations as “completely false and unrelated to reality.” According to her, Yerevan abides by the ceasefire agreed on Saturday night in Moscow by the foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.
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According to Interfax, the Ministry of Defense of the unrecognized Republic of Karabakh on Sunday reported another 25 soldiers killed in the fighting with Azerbaijani forces, bringing the total losses to 429 killed soldiers since September 27. The leader of the separatist region said he was quieter on the front line today than on Saturday, but added that it was uncertain how the situation would develop.
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On Saturday, the Armenian side accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire by shelling Stepanakert, the administrative center of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is controlled by Armenian separatists. Baku, on the other hand, accused Armenian forces of shelling the cities of Terter and Agdam on the border with Karabakh. The most difficult fighting in the last 25 years has been taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh since the end of September.
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The Nagorno-Karabakh dispute – an enclave in southwestern Azerbaijan with a predominantly Armenian population – has been going on between Armenia and Azerbaijan for decades. Armed conflict broke out in 1988 during the Soviet era. Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, broke away from Azerbaijan in a bloody war that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives and resulted in hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Currently, Nagorno-Karabakh and the adjacent Lachin Corridor are under military control of Armenia. Azerbaijan considers this territory to be occupied. The current clash ignited on September 27.
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