00:11Mandatory credit: EMERCOM of Nagorno-Karabakh
Emergency personnel were seen extinguishing a fire and carrying an injured person on a stretcher following an explosion at a fuel depot on the Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported in his X post, formerly known as Twitter, that the number of injured exceeded 200 people.
"The health condition of the majority is severe or extremely severe. The medical capacities of NK are not enough. Sanitary aviation must land very urgently to save people's lives," he said.
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, 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.
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, 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.
Massive blast at Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot *STILLS*
Emergency personnel were seen extinguishing a fire and carrying an injured person on a stretcher following an explosion at a fuel depot on the Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported in his X post, formerly known as Twitter, that the number of injured exceeded 200 people.
"The health condition of the majority is severe or extremely severe. The medical capacities of NK are not enough. Sanitary aviation must land very urgently to save people's lives," he said.
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, 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.
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, 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: EMERCOM of Nagorno-Karabakh
Emergency personnel were seen extinguishing a fire and carrying an injured person on a stretcher following an explosion at a fuel depot on the Stepanakert-Askeran highway in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday.
Human Rights Ombudsperson of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan reported in his X post, formerly known as Twitter, that the number of injured exceeded 200 people.
"The health condition of the majority is severe or extremely severe. The medical capacities of NK are not enough. Sanitary aviation must land very urgently to save people's lives," he said.
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, 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.
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, 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.