New explosions in Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert in spite of ceasefire
- Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed to a ceasefire after 11 hours of talks in Moscow
- Seven loud explosions rocked Stepanakert as sirens rang, immediately warning residents to take shelter in cellars and safe places
Fresh explosions shook the capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabak region late on Saturday despite a ceasefire aimed at halting fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Seven loud explosions rocked the city of Stepanakert as sirens rang, immediately warning residents to take shelter in cellars and safe places.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire after 11 hours of talks in Moscow, but they both accused each other of violating the deal on Saturday after it came into force at noon.
The agreement did appear to have curbed fighting during the afternoon, however, with many residents of Stepanakert emerging from their homes during the lull in shelling and missile strikes.
Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, broke from the country’s control in a war in the 1990s that killed some 30,000 people.
Its separatist government is backed by Armenia which, like Azerbaijan, gained independence with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
