"I want to state that it is not Azerbaijan that is fighting with us, it is also Turkey that is fighting with us," Harutyunyan said, claiming that Turkey had supplied Azerbaijan with modern drones and planes.
The Center, in a post on its website, writes that based on Armenian military intelligence 81 of these combatants have been killed in the fighting so far.
The Press Conference of Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan
We call on Azerbaijan to immediately cease hostilities, especially those directed towards civilians.
A clarification: the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship mechanism is a Co-Chairmanship of three countries comprising Russia, the United States and France.
Suren Sarumyan, Acting Head of the Artsakh Defense Army’s Public Relations Department, has denied claims that Azerbaijani military forces have taken control of the Vardenis-Martakert Highway.
Armenian Ministry of Defense Rep Artsrun Hovhannisyan reports that 200 Azerbaijani soldiers have died so far in fighting along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border.
The Republic of Armenia has petitioned the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to impose the following interim measures against Azerbaijan.
The ministry says it shows Armenian military units destroying Azerbaijani military equipment.
The Reuters news agency reports that Azerbaijan’s parliament has approved the declaration of martial law throughout the country and has imposed curfews today.
Sargsyan said that Azerbaijan employed planes and strike drones as well, followed by Azerbaijan special units launching a large-scale attack in the southern, northern and south-eastern directions.
Armenian National Assembly President Ararat Mirzoyan, at a special session of the parliament today, said that Azerbaijan had declared war today and that Baku wants to reoccupy Artsakh without any Armenians.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spoke by phone today with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the outbreak of fighting along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border.
Artsakh Human Rights Defender Artak Beglaryan stated at a press conference today in Stepanakert that two civilians have died and thirty wounded so far from Azerbaijani shelling.
Press Conference of Artsakh Defense Army Deputy Commander Artur Sargsyan
At today’s special session of Armenia’s National Assembly today, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said the issue of recognizing Artsakh independence should be seriously discussed in light of today’s fighting along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border
Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) Spokesman Shushan Stepanyan reports that sixteen Armenian servicemen have died in the fighting along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border and that more than one hundred have been injured.
Following the Armenian government's decision today to declare a state of war, the parliament convened a special session during which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Azerbaijan is attempting to resolve the Artsakh issue via military means.
Vahram Poghosyan, Spokesman for the President of the Artsakh Republic, stated at a news conference on September 27 that in addition to the border areas, Azerbaijan has targeted civilian settlements in Artsakh, including Stepanakert and Shushi.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that by the decision of the government, martial law is being declared in the country - a general mobilization. We present the legal regulation of the martial law regime; the government's deci
"The decision comes into effect upon publication. I call on the personnel attached to the troops to report to their regional military commissariats.
The State Emergency Service of the Artsakh Republic is carrying out demining and repair works in the damaged streets of Stepanakert.
“When entering the Council of Europe, both countries committed themselves to solving the conflict by peaceful means, and this commitment is to be strictly respected.
We strongly condemn the aggression of the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh.
The Ombudsman calls on the international community to assess the actions of Azerbaijan, especially in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, to take measures to neutralize threats to the life and safety of thousands of people of of Artsakh.
Artsakh Presidential Spokesman Vahram Poghosyan reports, in a Facebook post, that the fighting that started early in the morning along the entire line of contact in Artsakh continues.
"Early this morning, the enemy started active shelling along the entire line of contact," Artsakh Presidential Spokesman Vahram Poghosyan wrote on his Facebook page.