٠٠:٠١:٤٤Mandatory credit: Russian Ministry of Defence
Military medical personnel of a Russian special medical unit treated injured residents of Nagorno-Karabakh after a blast on the Stepanakert-Askeran highway, the press service of the Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Footage shows peacekeepers examining patients in a ward, bandaging wounds and providing medical assistance.
Head of Russian Peacekeeping Force medical detachment Pavel Suslov reported that 23 people sought help with burns to the upper respiratory tract as well as upper and lower extremities of the torso.
"All injured patients have been provided with full medical care. We performed primary surgical treatment of wounds, administered anaesthesia and performed medical resuscitation," Suslov added.
According to the Ministry of Defence, peacekeepers deployed a block-modular camp equipped with modern medical equipment, enabling up to 80 X-ray, fluoroscopic and ultrasound examinations per day. It also includes a bandaging unit with a surgical assistance option and an operating and resuscitation diagnostic module with an intensive care ward.
An explosion occurred at a fuel depot on Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the number of injured exceeded 200 people.
According to media reports, Nagorno-Karabakh residents were waiting to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the region at the moment of the explosion. Previously, the Artsakh Information Centre announced that citizens who wished to move to the Republic of Armenia would be provided free gas at five gas stations in Stepanakert.
Year-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on Tuesday, September 19, with the beginning of Azerbaijan's counter-terrorist operation in the region. On the same day, Moscow called on the parties to the conflict to declare a ceasefire and start negotiations.
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 'systematic shelling of its army positions' and announced 'anti-terrorist measures of a local nature' in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that the only way to achieve peace in the region was 'unconditional and complete withdrawal of the Armenian Armed Forces from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and dissolution of the so-called regime'.
For his part, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed that there were no Armenian Armed Forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Armenian Foreign Ministry called the events a 'large-scale aggression'.
On Wednesday, Defence Ministry of the self-proclaimed NKR said that its authorities had decided to lay down arms for a ceasefire from 13:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Baku also announced the suspension of its 'anti-terrorist measures'.
Nagorno-Karabakh - formerly an autonomous region of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan in the final years of the USSR, establishing a self-proclaimed, independent but internationally-unrecognised entity.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, and after a major war in 2020 regained control over large parts of the region.In May 2023, the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan’s claim to the territory but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.
Russian peacekeepers help injured Nagorno-Karabakh residents following fuel explosion near Stepanakert-Askeran highway
Military medical personnel of a Russian special medical unit treated injured residents of Nagorno-Karabakh after a blast on the Stepanakert-Askeran highway, the press service of the Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Footage shows peacekeepers examining patients in a ward, bandaging wounds and providing medical assistance.
Head of Russian Peacekeeping Force medical detachment Pavel Suslov reported that 23 people sought help with burns to the upper respiratory tract as well as upper and lower extremities of the torso.
"All injured patients have been provided with full medical care. We performed primary surgical treatment of wounds, administered anaesthesia and performed medical resuscitation," Suslov added.
According to the Ministry of Defence, peacekeepers deployed a block-modular camp equipped with modern medical equipment, enabling up to 80 X-ray, fluoroscopic and ultrasound examinations per day. It also includes a bandaging unit with a surgical assistance option and an operating and resuscitation diagnostic module with an intensive care ward.
An explosion occurred at a fuel depot on Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the number of injured exceeded 200 people.
According to media reports, Nagorno-Karabakh residents were waiting to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the region at the moment of the explosion. Previously, the Artsakh Information Centre announced that citizens who wished to move to the Republic of Armenia would be provided free gas at five gas stations in Stepanakert.
Year-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on Tuesday, September 19, with the beginning of Azerbaijan's counter-terrorist operation in the region. On the same day, Moscow called on the parties to the conflict to declare a ceasefire and start negotiations.
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 'systematic shelling of its army positions' and announced 'anti-terrorist measures of a local nature' in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that the only way to achieve peace in the region was 'unconditional and complete withdrawal of the Armenian Armed Forces from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and dissolution of the so-called regime'.
For his part, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed that there were no Armenian Armed Forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Armenian Foreign Ministry called the events a 'large-scale aggression'.
On Wednesday, Defence Ministry of the self-proclaimed NKR said that its authorities had decided to lay down arms for a ceasefire from 13:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Baku also announced the suspension of its 'anti-terrorist measures'.
Nagorno-Karabakh - formerly an autonomous region of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan in the final years of the USSR, establishing a self-proclaimed, independent but internationally-unrecognised entity.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, and after a major war in 2020 regained control over large parts of the region.In May 2023, the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan’s claim to the territory but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.
Mandatory credit: Russian Ministry of Defence
Military medical personnel of a Russian special medical unit treated injured residents of Nagorno-Karabakh after a blast on the Stepanakert-Askeran highway, the press service of the Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Footage shows peacekeepers examining patients in a ward, bandaging wounds and providing medical assistance.
Head of Russian Peacekeeping Force medical detachment Pavel Suslov reported that 23 people sought help with burns to the upper respiratory tract as well as upper and lower extremities of the torso.
"All injured patients have been provided with full medical care. We performed primary surgical treatment of wounds, administered anaesthesia and performed medical resuscitation," Suslov added.
According to the Ministry of Defence, peacekeepers deployed a block-modular camp equipped with modern medical equipment, enabling up to 80 X-ray, fluoroscopic and ultrasound examinations per day. It also includes a bandaging unit with a surgical assistance option and an operating and resuscitation diagnostic module with an intensive care ward.
An explosion occurred at a fuel depot on Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the number of injured exceeded 200 people.
According to media reports, Nagorno-Karabakh residents were waiting to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the region at the moment of the explosion. Previously, the Artsakh Information Centre announced that citizens who wished to move to the Republic of Armenia would be provided free gas at five gas stations in Stepanakert.
Year-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on Tuesday, September 19, with the beginning of Azerbaijan's counter-terrorist operation in the region. On the same day, Moscow called on the parties to the conflict to declare a ceasefire and start negotiations.
Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 'systematic shelling of its army positions' and announced 'anti-terrorist measures of a local nature' in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that the only way to achieve peace in the region was 'unconditional and complete withdrawal of the Armenian Armed Forces from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and dissolution of the so-called regime'.
For his part, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed that there were no Armenian Armed Forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Armenian Foreign Ministry called the events a 'large-scale aggression'.
On Wednesday, Defence Ministry of the self-proclaimed NKR said that its authorities had decided to lay down arms for a ceasefire from 13:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Baku also announced the suspension of its 'anti-terrorist measures'.
Nagorno-Karabakh - formerly an autonomous region of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan in the final years of the USSR, establishing a self-proclaimed, independent but internationally-unrecognised entity.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, and after a major war in 2020 regained control over large parts of the region.In May 2023, the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan’s claim to the territory but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.