The first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, local officials reported Sunday, after Azerbaijan imposed a 10-month blockade on the breakaway region and conducted a lightning military offensive there, reclaiming full control of the region as a result.
The Associated Press'I will never go back': Armenian refugees flee after Azerbaijan's offensiveThousands of Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh packed up what they could and began leaving their homes after military forces from Azerbaijan claimed control over the disputed region.
Russia's Defence Ministry reported that its peacekeepers, who were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, helped transport 311 civilians, including 102 children. The conflicting numbers could not be immediately reconciled. A person stands amid the rubble of a destroyed building as a missile is seen lodged in the ground in the town of Terter, Azerbaijan, on Sunday.
On Tuesday, Azerbaijan launched heavy artillery fire against ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, who conceded to demands to lay down their arms the next day. Nagorno-Karabakh's final status remains an open question, however, and is at the centre of talks between the sides that began Thursday in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh.
The events in Nagorno-Karabakh have sparked a days-long wave of protests in Armenia, where demonstrators accused Pashinyan and the Russian peacekeepers of failing to protect the region's Armenian population.
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