At the moment, Russia begins to deploy a peacekeeping contingent in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Reports say that, that this kind of deployment is carried out with the mutual consent of the parties to the armed conflict - "in connection with the statements of the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan".
Simultaneously with the entry of Russian peacekeepers into Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian troops are being withdrawn from there..
The video footage demonstrates the advancement of the Russian peacekeeping contingent - these are columns of army vehicles and equipment. According to recent reports, the total number of deployed military contingent in Karabakh - 1960 servicemen of the RF Armed Forces and 470 various equipment units. The main part - units of the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Central Military District. The transfer was carried out from Ulyanovsk.
known, that the headquarters of the peacekeeping contingent began to operate in Stepanakert.
Recall, that the armed conflict lasted more than a month. During this time, Azerbaijani troops took several regions, adjacent to the unrecognized NKR, as well as the city of Shusha (Shushi). It became known the night before, that a Russian Mi-24 helicopter was shot down over Armenia. After a while, reports came from Baku that, that the Azerbaijani side recognized the attack on the helicopter. At the same time, it was added, that the blow would be struck by mistake.
On 6:00 Moscow time Russia introduces peacekeeping contingent to Karabakh – we are talking about the first units of the aforementioned 15th brigade of the RF Armed Forces.
