Despite the ceasefire, fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues. And both sides give completely different versions of injuries and the number of deaths.
Today, Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling civilian homes in the country’s second largest city, Ganja.
“We believed in the ceasefire, so my brother’s family returned home, otherwise they would not have done it, everyone was scared and this is what happens,” Ganjabon Vesile Mehmedova told Reuters in Azerbaijan.
She’s with her brother and digs in the remains of his house, one of those hit by rocket fire. The brother and family had just returned to their home, after a week with their sister, in the belief that the truce would last.
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of attacking civilian homes in Ganja, the second largest city in Azerbaijan. Nine civilians are said to have been killed.
Armenia denies the allegations.
At the same time, burnt-out Armenian military vehicles are displayed near the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, images from the military in Azerbaijan. In Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, civilians swept up broken glass on Sunday, following attacks from Azerbaijan, which Baku, for its part, denies.
The conflict over the area, which since the Soviet era and a decision by Joseph Stalin belongs to Azerbaijan has even deeper roots. The area today has just under 50,000 inhabitants, most of them Armenians. Many of Armenia’s top politicians hail from Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia has refused to incorporate the territory into Armenia for fear of sanctions.
Russia negotiated a ceasefire after many hours of negotiations early Saturday morning. Today, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called on the parties to respect the ceasefire.
Source: ICELAND NEWS