The BBC has studied the videos showing two Armenian men taken prisoner and later shot dead by the Azerbaijani troops, confirming that the man giving commands in both videos is a native Azerbaijani speaker with a regional accent, and the helmets and rifles seen on the soldiers matched those used at least in some instances by Azerbaijani servicemen.
An Azerbaijani prisoner of war detained by the Artsakh military has said that most of the troops in his squad were not Azerbaijanis.
A video showing many Azerbaijani military materiel seized by the Artsakh Defense Army has been posted online.
Russia’s Federal Security Service released a video from the arrest of terror suspects in Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to have separate meetings with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bayramov to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on October 23 in Washington, D.C.
The Azerbaijani armed forces are bombarding a number of villages of Martuni region, including the village of Karmir Shuka, with the Smerch heavy multiple rocket launchers, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh said.
Congressman Frank Pallone, joined by a bipartisan group of 30 Members of the House of Representatives, will introduce a resolution supporting the Republic of Artsakh, recognizing its right to self-determination, and condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for aggression.
The working visit of Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to the United States of America has commenced.
Azerbaijan’s ongoing aggression against the Armenian people – with Turkey’s full backing – has already exacted a painful toll on civilians in the region and resulted in appalling human rights abuses.
Congressman Brad Sherman urges the United States to send the following message to Azerbaijan that if the offensive continues, the U.S. is ready to recognize the independence of Artsakh.
