Armenien vs. Aserbaidschan

[Schneemann]

Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes: Dozens killed along border near Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers exchanged artillery fire near Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting fears of escalation similar to the 2020 war. Both sides blamed each other for the initial provocations. [...]

At around midnight, Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenian troops at three locations along the border. Azerbaijan said it was responding to a buildup of Armenian landmines and weapons near the border.

Armenia fired back in retaliation. The fighting took place near the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an area within Azerbaijan where ethnic Armenian separatists declared a breakaway republic — later known as Artsakh — in 1991. At a press briefing early on Tuesday, Armenian defense spokesperson Aram Torosyan said the situation remains "extremely tense" as fighting continues.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan later told parliament that "For the moment, we have 49 [troops] killed and unfortunately it's not the final figure." [...] Both countries claimed to have launched proportionate responses against what they saw as provocations from the other side. "At 00:05 a.m. [local time] on Tuesday, Azerbaijan launched intensive shelling, with artillery and large-caliber firearms, against Armenian military positions in the direction of the cities of Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk," Armenia's defense ministry said.

https://www.dw.com/en/armenia-azerbaijan...a-63098944

Also 49 tote Soldaten würden ich nun nicht mehr nur als ein Scharmützel oder Schusswechsel an der Grenze ansehen, sondern als eine handfeste Auseinandersetzung, ja einen offenen Konflikt. Gut möglich, dass wir einer Neuauflage des Krieges von vor rund zwei Jahren entgegen sehen...

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