Azerbaijan begins a military operation on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was reported by the country's Ministry of Defense.
According to the Azerbaijani military department, the operation will be carried out with the aim of “establishing peace” on the territory of the unrecognized republic. The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan approves, that local military measures against local formations will begin in Karabakh.
Air raid sirens are now working in Stepanakert. Former NKR State Minister Ruben Vardanyan reported massive shelling of the capital of the unrecognized republic by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Baku reports, which informed the command of Russian peacekeepers and the leadership of the Turkish-Russian monitoring center about the beginning of hostilities. Azerbaijan, among other things, closes the country's airspace to Armenian aircraft.
In this way, a new armed conflict began in Transcaucasia. Now a lot will depend on, Will Armenia intervene in the events?. If Yerevan supports Nagorno-Karabakh, then the conflict will take on completely different proportions. Armenia, by the way, still a member of the CSTO, despite recent statements by the Armenian leadership, in which it distances itself from cooperation with Russia.
If the conflict in Transcaucasia takes on broader forms, it, in addition to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia may be involved in one form or another, Turkey and Iran, which supports Armenia. used photos:Ministry of Defense of Armenia
