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Major fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh is continuing for the third day.
The biggest developments from yesterday and last night:
- Heavy fighting has continued along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is reportedly concentrated in the north and south-east of the region.
- Armenia’s Defence Ministry has officially confirmed a total of 84 fatalities among military personnel.
- Azerbaijan has not released any information about the number of fatalities among servicemembers.
- On Monday, Azerbaijan declared a partial mobilisation. Armenia declared a full mobilisation the previous day
- Several international media organisations including Reuters and the Guardian have reported that Turkey is sending fighters from Syria to fight on the Azerbaijani side.
[Read the full coverage of events as they happened: Sunday and Monday]
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