President Putin expressed his deep concern over the military operations that claimed numerous lives. It was mentioned that Russia took and will continue to take necessary mediation steps aimed at the stabilization of the situation.
“The Co-Chairs announced that they will travel to the region shortly, together with Ambassador Kasprzyk. Ambassador Kasprzyk will also travel to the areas affected by the military escalation as soon as the situation permits,” the statement reads.
“We, the representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group countries (Russian Federation, the United States of America, France, Belarus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Turkey), as well as the incoming Austrian OSCE Chair (2017) and the Serbian OSCE Chair (2015), strongly condemn the outbreak of unprecedented violence along the Line of Contact. We extend our condolences to all affected families. We urge the sides to cease using force immediately. There is no military solution to the conflict.”
“Events happening in Artsakh today is just another challenge for the Armenian nation which this time has be imposed on us by the leadership of Azerbaijan. I have no doubt that we will overcome it with honor yet again. Blinded with Armenophobia, drunk with the scent of oil, the Azerbaijani authorities do not comprehend that power is not measured by the number of tanks. Power is the light which emanates from the new generations in Artsakh and Armenia, and today that light has united us all, made us one iron fist, which will fall on the head of the foe which threatens our security. “
In the Line of Contact of Nagorno Karabakh–Azerbaijan opposing forces another Azerbaijani drone was destroyed on April 4.
“In Mataghis, from the surroundings and intermediates of their own positions, they are removing the corpses of the soldiers destroyed by their barring troops,” Artsrun Hovhannisyan, RA MOD Press Speaker, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
“For the first time these systems were applied in Afghani war in 1980s, were actively used during the second Chechen war to take positions and regions, currently they are actively used in Syria with high efficiency. In other words, they are called “vacuum bombs,” however basically, it’s not a bomb, but a rocket, which flies not so far and rather slow, and as a result of shelling a mushroom-like cloud of atomic explosion is formed. This was applied in Latakia in September, recently Palkira was liberated due to this it’s possible to apply by separate rockets and simultaneously with a few of them, in 2000s in Chechnya 700 Chechen fighters were killed with this system. If there are civilians in nearby territory, then pursuant Article 3 of Geneva convention, it’s a rude violation and is subject to liability,” Felgenhauer added.
His ailing father, Heydar, an ex-KGB officer, had served in the same role for the previous 10 years. Election monitors reported that police had beaten and detained political opponents, in line with the country’s reputation for repression.
It turns out, the adversary is incompetent not only on battlefield, but in propaganda front as well. “Specialists” of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan probably heard about propaganda war, however, not taking into account that at least minimum knowledge is necessary to carry out special psychological operations.
“It is unacceptable to reject international commitment to resolve the conflict politically, through the exclusively peaceful means, particularly, when the victims of this military adventurism are also innocent civilians, including children. We consider it necessary to take practical steps to immediately cease the military actions, to withdraw military troops to the positions they had before the 1st of April 2016. We strongly support to return to the negotiation process mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs”
