Pashinyan announced 105 dead during shelling on the border with Azerbaijan

Pashinyan announced 105 dead during shelling on the border with Azerbaijan



The losses of the Armenian side as a result of shelling on the border with Azerbaijan amounted to 105 people killed, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.

“As of now, the corrected death toll is 105 people,” Pashinyan said during a government hour in parliament (quote according to RIA Novosti). Previously, he claimed 49 dead.

In addition, he said that he does not yet see the need to introduce martial law in the country. “The decision to introduce martial law is on my desk, we evaluate the situation several times a day, but if we haven’t introduced it yet, then we don’t see such a need,” he said.

The situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated on the night of September 13. According to the Armenian Defense Ministry, Azerbaijani troops fired on the border settlements in the south-east of the country - Sotk, Goris and Jermuk.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, in turn, blamed Armenia for the escalation of the situation. They noted that the Armenian side has been "intensively shelling" the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Kalbajar, Lachin, Dashkesan and Gadabay directions for the last month. In addition, Armenia mined areas and supply routes between the positions of the Azerbaijani army, the ministry added. Later, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported the death of 50 Azerbaijani servicemen during the fighting on the border.

After the night shelling, the Armenian government turned to Russia, the CSTO and the UN Security Council. Pashinyan also called Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu. As a result, Baku and Yerevan, through the mediation of Moscow, were able to agree on a ceasefire from 09:00 Moscow time. On the same day, an emergency meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held.

However, on the morning of September 14, shelling continued. The Armenian Defense Ministry reported that the Azerbaijani military used artillery, mortars and other weapons in the direction of the Armenian settlements of Jermuk and Verin Shorzha.

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