Karabakh War Round 2? Armenia and Azerbaijan Exchange Accusations Of Clashes In Hadrut
On December 11th, clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh appear to have resumed.
Both the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides blame each other.
According to initial reports, Azerbaijan’s media claimed that Armenian forces began an armed provocation in the Gadrut region, and an Azerbaijani soldier was wounded.
This was then denied by the Armenian side.
Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan made the following announcement:
“Azerbaijani Armed Forces tried to attack the Armenian post in the south of Artsakh, there was an exchange of fire.
On December 11th, at around 20:40, the enemy attempted to attack one of the positions of the Defense Army in the southern direction. As a result of the firefight, three military reservists were wounded of varying severity, their lives are out of danger. An investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances of the incident, Artsakh Defense Army reports.”
This, again, took place in the Gadrut region.
There are no reports of any further clashes, but it appears that the peace deal and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers isn’t guarantee enough that hostilities will not continue at any moment.
However, claims and reports such as these could be used as an justification of starting another “security operation” and not exactly an “offensive” in order to guarantee security, which could be used to push further.
In Azerbaijani social media there are rumors that back on December 9th, Azerbaijani servicemen were killed after a raid on Gadrut.
It is reported that three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan were killed, one of them is Rahib Azizov. In addition, Azercell employees who were installing equipment in the occupied territories were “wounded and/or killed”. Azizov’s funeral took place on December 10th.
His alleged photograph is also being shared.
Karabakh War Round 2? Armenia and Azerbaijan Exchange Accusations Of Clashes In Hadrut
