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Explosions reported in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku accuses Armenia of shelling Azerbaijani town just hours into ceasefire
Azerbaijan and Armenia have blamed each other of violating the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region late on Saturday. Capital of self-proclaimed republic, Stepankert, has reportedly come under heavy shelling.
Azerbaijan, for its part, accused Armenia of striking the town of Terter with artillery fire.
RT correspondent Igor Zhdanov said alert sirens were heard in Stepankert, the capital of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, late on Saturday. Several explosions – both in the air and on the land – were observed in the city, he added.
The ceasefire, reached on Friday during a meeting of the rivaling parties in Moscow, came into effect on Saturday afternoon. The two sides have agreed to exchange prisoners, as well as bodies of the fallen soldiers.
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The fighting erupted in the Nagorno-Karabkh late in September, with the Armenia-backed self-proclaimed republic and Azerbaijan laying the blame for the escalation on one another. Azerbaijan has received a broad support from Turkey, with Ankara even mulling a direct intervention into the war.
The Nagorno-Karabkh region, predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians, broke away from Azerbaijan back in 1990s following a bloody war.
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