Live updates: fighting continues in Nagorno-Karabakh

Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh is continuing for a second day.

Update: For the latest live updates click here.

The biggest developments from yesterday and last night:

• Armenia and Azerbaijan have declared martial law, with Azerbaijan enacting a 21:00 curfew in major cities.
• All elective surgeries in Armenia put on hold, as beds cleared to make room for injured.  
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey ‘stands with its Azerbaijani brothers with all its means, as always’. 
• Calls to end the fighting from around the world, including Russia, the United States, and Iran.
• Turkey has come out in strong support of Azerbaijan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stating that Turkey ‘stands with its Azerbaijani brothers with all its means, as always’. 
• The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which mediates the conflict, urged both sides to end the fighting and to ‘immediately resume negotiations’.
• Azerbaijan reports five civilian deaths and 19 civilian injuries. No information has been released about deaths and injuries among military personnel. 
• Armenia’s Defence Ministry has confirmed the deaths of 31 service members. At least two civilians have also died.

[Read the full coverage of yesterday’s events as it happened: First day of clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan]

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