Azerbaijan's Aliyev Apologizes for Russian Peacekeeper Deaths in Karabakh

As Azerbaijan takes over Karabakh, Armenian-Russian ties reach new nadir

The second time in three years Azerbaijani troops may have killed Russian peacekeepers, but Moscow is saving its ire for Armenia

Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. September 20, 2023. Multiple members of Russia’s peacekeeping contingent were killed in Nagorno-Karabakh, the country’s Defense Ministry said on September 20. The Russian soldiers reportedly came under fire “while returning from a monitoring post of the Russian peacekeeping contingent near the locality of Chankatagh.” According to the ministry’s statement, a vehicle with peacekeepers was hit by sm…

Russian peacekeepers exerted all efforts to evacuate Karabakh residents

"We expect that a period of sustainable ceasefire will begin now, and conditions for the return of displaced people to their places of residence will be established," Dmitry Peskov said

Azerbaijan Leader Apologises For Russian Peacekeeper Deaths: Kremlin

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday expressed his condolences over the deaths of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh a day earlier, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Azerbaijan has dismissed from duty the commander of the country's Armed Forces, whose subordinates were involved in the death of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, a source in the Russian law enforcement agency said. In addition, the first suspects in the crime were detained.

Putin's "mini-NATO" in peril as Russian peacekeepers killed by Azeri troops

Russia's Defense Ministry said that a car carrying Russian peacekeepers came under fire in Nagorno-Karabakh and that all servicemen died.