Overnight October 1-2 the situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijani conflict zone has been relatively stable-tense.
The authorities of Baku, with the obvious instigation by Turkey, have started yet another large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh on September 27, 2020, thus restarting active military acts. In reality, this time around one of the core intentions to restart the war is the expansion of Turkey’s influence in this region for which the ethnic minorities of Azerbaijan will shed their blood, will die or become disabled. None of the ethnic minorities of Azerbaijan will benefit from this war. Your interests and the interests of the Armenians of Artsakh are not in conflict.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he has facts about Syrian Islamists from Turkey participating in the military operations against Artsakh, TASS reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump have issued a joint statement regarding the situation at the Nagorno Karbakh conflict zone.
The Azerbaijani armed forces have targeted a vehicle transporting the crew of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) international news agency in Artsakh, the Artsakh authorities said, posting images of the damaged vehicle.
Journalist of France’s Le Monde media have been caught in fire in Artsakh’s Martuni city conflict zone, as it was reported by Hovhannes Movsisyan, Director of Public Relations and Information Center.
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council informed them that a joint statement on behalf of the presidents of Russia, the US and France is being prepared over the situation in Nagorno Karabakh, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports.
The Artsakh Air Defense Forces shot down 2 Azeri attacking warplanes and 1 helicopter in the past 1 hour of October 1 amid the ongoing Turkish-backed Azeri offensive, the defense ministry said.
The Artsakh Air Defense Forces shot down another Azerbaijani warplane on October 1, the military’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said.
The Air Defense units of the Artsakh Defense Army shot down 1 aircraft and 1 helicopter of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the southern and south-eastern directions, Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on October 1.
