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2021-11-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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What prompted Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume hostilities
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
By Andrey Kots
[RIA Novosti] The dead and wounded, shootings, accusations of provocation, a year after the end of the Second Karabakh conflict in the region, it may flare up with renewed vigor. In Yerevan and Baku, there are reports of battles along the border with the use of artillery and armored vehicles. RIA Novosti understood the situation.
LOCAL BATTLES
According to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, at 13:00 local time, "units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces committed a new provocation in the eastern direction," firing at the Armenian positions on the contact line in the Syunik region. An answer followed. There are dead and wounded. Twelve servicemen were captured.
ARMENIA AND RUSSIA DISCUSSED THE SITUATION ON THE BORDER WITH AZERBAIJAN
"The situation continues to remain extremely tense," the Armenian military department adds. "Local battles are underway. Our armed forces are carrying out proportionate actions and control the situation. The Azerbaijani side suffers heavy losses in armored vehicles and manpower."
In turn, Baku announced about "panic in the ranks of the Armenian army" after "a large-scale provocation." They believe that the neighbors began "a surprise military operation at 11:00 (local time. - Ed.)
With the aim of seizing heights on the indicated directions of the state border and taking more advantageous positions to gain a military advantage."
"In response, anti-tank weapons and mortars of the opposite side were destroyed," the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claims. "The situation at the border remains tense, military operations are underway."
RECRIMINATION
The situation in the region has been heating up since November. The media reports that the Azeris fired at the workers of Nagorno-Karabakh were also confirmed by the Russian peacekeepers. The brigade that repaired the water supply for the contingent had three wounded and one dead.
"The repeated provocations with violation of the ceasefire regime openly demonstrate the deceitful nature of Baku's statements about its desire to normalize relations with Armenia and the Armenian people," the Yerevan noted.
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced tense situation at border
After the incident, the Berzor-Stepanakert highway linking the Armenian regions of Nagorno-Karabakh with the "mainland" was blocked. And only the mediation of the Russian military helped unblock the road.
And on November 13, citizen of Armenia Norayr Mirzoyan, passing by the checkpoint in the Shushi region in his private car, threw a hand grenade at the Azerbaijani military. Two soldiers and a sergeant were wounded. Armenian media reported that he was a relative of a murdered worker.
On the same day, Yerevan was accused of attacking positions in the Kelbajar region. A day later, in shelling "from sniper rifles, grenade launchers and various small arms." Armenia called it a reaction to "an attempt to launch an offensive" on the border.
A SHAKY TRUCE
Officially, the ceasefire after the 44-day war has been in effect in the region for over a year. As a result of negotiations with the mediation of Russia, the Kelbajar, Aghdam, Lachin and Hadrut regions, as well as the settlements in the south of the unrecognized republic - Fizuli, Jabrail, Zangelan and Kubatli were transferred to Azerbaijan. The NKR had 3,170 square kilometers out of the pre-war 11,458.
Since then, the parties have regularly accused each other of violating the ceasefire. Now Yerevan is talking about the invasion of the Azerbaijani troops into Armenia. And he calls on the allies in the CSTO "to respond clearly."
They separately addressed Moscow: Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan recalled the 1997 agreement, according to which Russia and Armenia "undertake to render each other mutual assistance in the event of a military threat."
Russian peacekeepers during a ceremonial formation on the territory of a military town near Stepanakert on the first anniversary of the introduction of a peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called on both sides to stop actions that "provoke an escalation of the situation."
The CSTO, however, stated that they are closely monitoring the situation, but have not received any official requests from Yerevan. There is no information about the talks between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, which were scheduled online for November 9. 
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