00:58Mandatory credit: Russian Ministry of Defence
Russian peacekeepers evacuated victims injured in an explosion at a fuel depot in the suburbs of Stepanakert by air ambulance, the Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Footage released by the agency shows peacekeepers transferring a patient from a hospital bed to a stretcher and carrying him into a minibus. The victim is also transported to the air ambulance and brought into the cabin.
A blast at a fuel depot occurred near the Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Karabakh on Monday evening.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported that the number of injured exceeds 200 people. The health condition of most of the victims is 'severe or extremely severe'.
According to media reports, at the moment of the explosion, the Nagorno-Karabakh residents were waiting to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the region.
Previously, the Artsakh Information Centre announced that citizens who wished to move to the Republic of Armenia would be provided free petrol at five filling stations in Stepanakert.
On Monday, the Armenian Government reported that 'as of 17:00 on September 25, 6,650 forcibly displaced persons entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh'.
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, the 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 evacuate Stepanakert blast victims by air ambulance
Russian peacekeepers evacuated victims injured in an explosion at a fuel depot in the suburbs of Stepanakert by air ambulance, the Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Footage released by the agency shows peacekeepers transferring a patient from a hospital bed to a stretcher and carrying him into a minibus. The victim is also transported to the air ambulance and brought into the cabin.
A blast at a fuel depot occurred near the Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Karabakh on Monday evening.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported that the number of injured exceeds 200 people. The health condition of most of the victims is 'severe or extremely severe'.
According to media reports, at the moment of the explosion, the Nagorno-Karabakh residents were waiting to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the region.
Previously, the Artsakh Information Centre announced that citizens who wished to move to the Republic of Armenia would be provided free petrol at five filling stations in Stepanakert.
On Monday, the Armenian Government reported that 'as of 17:00 on September 25, 6,650 forcibly displaced persons entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh'.
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, the 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
Russian peacekeepers evacuated victims injured in an explosion at a fuel depot in the suburbs of Stepanakert by air ambulance, the Russian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Footage released by the agency shows peacekeepers transferring a patient from a hospital bed to a stretcher and carrying him into a minibus. The victim is also transported to the air ambulance and brought into the cabin.
A blast at a fuel depot occurred near the Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Karabakh on Monday evening.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported that the number of injured exceeds 200 people. The health condition of most of the victims is 'severe or extremely severe'.
According to media reports, at the moment of the explosion, the Nagorno-Karabakh residents were waiting to get fuel for their cars in order to leave the region.
Previously, the Artsakh Information Centre announced that citizens who wished to move to the Republic of Armenia would be provided free petrol at five filling stations in Stepanakert.
On Monday, the Armenian Government reported that 'as of 17:00 on September 25, 6,650 forcibly displaced persons entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh'.
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, the 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.