Live updates: Azerbaijan launches strikes along Armenian border

Azerbaijan launched an attack along the Armenian border in the Syunik, Gegharkunik, and Vayots Dzor regions at around midnight on 13 September, accusing Armenia of violating the ceasefire.

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Azerbaijan has said that the attacks were a response to ‘provocations’ from Armenian ‘saboteurs’, claiming that Armenian units had planted landmines in Lachin and Kalbajar — control of both regions was given to Azerbaijan at the end of the second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Armenia has claimed 49 casualties so far, while Azerbaijan has announced the death of 50 service members.

Map of Azerbaijani strikes on the territory of Armenia as reported by Armenian official sources and media.

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