STEPANAKERT — Nagorno-Karabakh authorities accused Azerbaijan on Wednesday of continuing to violate a Russian-brokered ceasefire after dozens of Armenian soldiers were taken prisoner in Karabakh’s southwest.
Azerbaijani forces seized over the weekend the last two Armenian-controlled villages in the Hadrut district occupied by them during the recent war. Russian peacekeepers rushed to the mountainous area and reportedly stopped the fighting on Sunday.
Azerbaijani social media users posted late on Tuesday videos of Armenian soldiers captured by Azerbaijani army units apparently deployed in the area. Karabakh Defense army reported the following morning that it has lost communication with some of its troops stationed near Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd, the two occupied Hadrut villages. Read more…