A huge military parade was staged in downtown Baku on June 26, just two days after Karabakh settlement talks in Kazan failed in reaching an agreement on a basic set of peace principles.

Thousands of soldiers and hundreds of tanks and rocket launchers swept through the Azerbaijani capital, as fighter planes soared overhead, in an apparent show of force. The event was broadcast live on Azerbaijani State TV.

Overseeing the parade was President Ilham Aliyev who declared, “The war is not yet over.”

Military hardware produced in Azerbaijan, including unmanned drones, was on display for the first time, showcasing the country's expanding defense industry.

The Baku parade was the third in the country's post-Soviet history and also marked the country’s 20th anniversary of independence.