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Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
Clashes have broken out between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with at least one Azerbaijani helicopter shot down.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said Azerbaijan had launched an air and artillery attack.
Azerbaijan said it was responding to shelling along the whole front. Both sides have reported civilian deaths.
The long-running conflict has flared up again in recent months.
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan were part of the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1991.
For four decades they have been stuck in an unresolved conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenians.
Border fighting in July killed at least 16 people, prompting the largest popular demonstration for years in the Azerbaijani capital Baku calling for full mobilisation and the recapture of the region.
What are the two sides saying?
The Armenian Defence Ministry said an attack on civilian settlements, including the regional capital Stepanakert, began at 08:10 local time (04:10 GMT).
It said it had shot down two helicopters and three drones, and destroyed three tanks.
Our response will be proportionate, and the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the situation," it said in a statement.
Later spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said a woman and child had been killed, and further reports of casualties were being verified.
The authorities in the separatist region announced martial law and "total military mobilisation" of the male population.
Meanwhile Azerbaijan announced a "counter-offensive operation of our troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the armed forces of Armenia and ensure the safety of the civilian population".
Intensive shelling of several villages had led to civilians being killed or wounded, and severe damage to infrastructure, its Defence Ministry said.
It added that one helicopter had been lost but the crew had survived, and 12 Armenian air defence systems had been destroyed. It denied other losses reported by Armenia.
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Tensions last flared into conflict in 2016, with the countries clashing over the disputed territory for four days.
www.bbc.co.uk
Clashes have broken out between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with at least one Azerbaijani helicopter shot down.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said Azerbaijan had launched an air and artillery attack.
Azerbaijan said it was responding to shelling along the whole front. Both sides have reported civilian deaths.
The long-running conflict has flared up again in recent months.
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan were part of the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1991.
For four decades they have been stuck in an unresolved conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenians.
Border fighting in July killed at least 16 people, prompting the largest popular demonstration for years in the Azerbaijani capital Baku calling for full mobilisation and the recapture of the region.
What are the two sides saying?
The Armenian Defence Ministry said an attack on civilian settlements, including the regional capital Stepanakert, began at 08:10 local time (04:10 GMT).
It said it had shot down two helicopters and three drones, and destroyed three tanks.
Our response will be proportionate, and the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the situation," it said in a statement.
Later spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said a woman and child had been killed, and further reports of casualties were being verified.
The authorities in the separatist region announced martial law and "total military mobilisation" of the male population.
Meanwhile Azerbaijan announced a "counter-offensive operation of our troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the armed forces of Armenia and ensure the safety of the civilian population".
Intensive shelling of several villages had led to civilians being killed or wounded, and severe damage to infrastructure, its Defence Ministry said.
It added that one helicopter had been lost but the crew had survived, and 12 Armenian air defence systems had been destroyed. It denied other losses reported by Armenia.
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Tensions last flared into conflict in 2016, with the countries clashing over the disputed territory for four days.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan fight over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh - BBC News
At least 23 are killed in the heaviest clashes in years over long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Officers quality
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Like headless chickens. They didn't bother using arty to soften up fortifications in what ever sector they were pushing in. Also not equipping the metal coffin that the soviet T-series are with APS like the PULAT to at least take one anti-tank strike.
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Journalists escape from Armenian artillery attack at the last minute
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I also find it hard to believe they destroyed 12 SA-8 and SA-15.
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Same here. They haven't realised any footage yet while Armenia is backing up some of their claims with HQ video material.
Armenian MoD admits they lost 19 soldiers. Azeri casualties are most likely much higher.
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Why?,i think this possible since azerbaijan has harop drones and, they might be destroyed as a result of a swarm attack
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They have destroyed SA-8's in the past but destroying 12 in one single morning in a couple of hours seems unrealistic to me.
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The Azeri officiers are misusing their soldiers willingness to die for their cause. What an absolute shame.
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Is this true???
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Azerbaijan Defence ministry told reporters that Qaraxanbəyli, Kervend, Kend horadiz, Buyük Mercanlı and Nüzgar villages are being reclaimed by Azerbaijan Armed Forces. They are advancing.
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This is war. Human error is inevitable. Keep in mind that they dont have vast combat knowledge.
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Some positions and villages captured by the Azeris!
