Battle rages for second day between Armenian and Azeri forces
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities say 58 Armenian servicemen and two civilians have died since fighting broke out on Sunday
28 September 2020 - 20:48
Yerevan/Baku — Fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces raged for a second day as Russia and Turkey took sharply different positions on ending the decades-old conflict in the volatile region.
The defence ministry of the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic said 58 Armenian servicemen and two civilians had died since fighting began on Sunday, while its forces had hit 43 Azeri tanks, four helicopters and 36 drones. A number of positions lost during early clashes were recaptured, said Arayik Harutyunyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh president...
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