00:55Mandatory credit: Russian Minister of Defence
Servicemen of the Russian Peacekeeping Force were seen evacuating the victims of a fuel depot blast near Stepanakert by air ambulance.
Footage published by the Russian Ministry of Defence on Wednesday shows the peacekeepers loading the injured people into a helicopter to be transported to hospitals.
According to Head of Russian Peacekeeping Force Medical Unit Pavel Suslov, a total of 58 people had been evacuated by the peacekeepers.
"At the moment, 16 citizens have been evacuated from the medical detachment, seven and 35 victims have been evacuated from the hospital and the republican medical centre, respectively. The work to provide medical assistance to the injured continues," said Suslov.
On Monday, an explosion occurred at a fuel depot on Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
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.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported on X, formerly known as Twitter, that 'as of 22:00, September 26, 68 deaths, resulting from the explosion at the fuel depot, have been confirmed' and the number of wounded reached 290, with 168 taken to hospitals in Armenia. Stepanyan also reported that 105 citizens were missing.
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 continue to evacuate victims of Stepanakert blast by air ambulance
Servicemen of the Russian Peacekeeping Force were seen evacuating the victims of a fuel depot blast near Stepanakert by air ambulance.
Footage published by the Russian Ministry of Defence on Wednesday shows the peacekeepers loading the injured people into a helicopter to be transported to hospitals.
According to Head of Russian Peacekeeping Force Medical Unit Pavel Suslov, a total of 58 people had been evacuated by the peacekeepers.
"At the moment, 16 citizens have been evacuated from the medical detachment, seven and 35 victims have been evacuated from the hospital and the republican medical centre, respectively. The work to provide medical assistance to the injured continues," said Suslov.
On Monday, an explosion occurred at a fuel depot on Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
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.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported on X, formerly known as Twitter, that 'as of 22:00, September 26, 68 deaths, resulting from the explosion at the fuel depot, have been confirmed' and the number of wounded reached 290, with 168 taken to hospitals in Armenia. Stepanyan also reported that 105 citizens were missing.
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 Minister of Defence
Servicemen of the Russian Peacekeeping Force were seen evacuating the victims of a fuel depot blast near Stepanakert by air ambulance.
Footage published by the Russian Ministry of Defence on Wednesday shows the peacekeepers loading the injured people into a helicopter to be transported to hospitals.
According to Head of Russian Peacekeeping Force Medical Unit Pavel Suslov, a total of 58 people had been evacuated by the peacekeepers.
"At the moment, 16 citizens have been evacuated from the medical detachment, seven and 35 victims have been evacuated from the hospital and the republican medical centre, respectively. The work to provide medical assistance to the injured continues," said Suslov.
On Monday, an explosion occurred at a fuel depot on Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
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.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported on X, formerly known as Twitter, that 'as of 22:00, September 26, 68 deaths, resulting from the explosion at the fuel depot, have been confirmed' and the number of wounded reached 290, with 168 taken to hospitals in Armenia. Stepanyan also reported that 105 citizens were missing.
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.