August 2022 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
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The August 2022 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes refers to an armed conflict that started on 1 August 2022, between between the military forces of Azerbaijan, and the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.[3][4]
Background[edit]
Renewed hostilities between Azerbaijan and Artsakh together with Armenia began on 27 September 2020. During the war, Azerbaijan captured much of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, including the cities of Hadrut and Shusha. Following the capture of Shusha, the second-largest settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, ending all hostilities in the area from 10 November 2020.[5][6][7] Under the agreement, the warring sides kept control of their currently held areas within Nagorno-Karabakh, while Armenia ceded territories it had held since 1994 to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan also gained land access to its Nakhchivan exclave bordering Turkey and Iran.[8] Approximately 2,000 Russian soldiers were deployed as peacekeeping forces along the Lachin corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh for a mandate of at least five years.[9]
Ceasefire violations and build-up to clashes[edit]
After the end of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, the ceasefire has been violated multiple times despite the Russian peacekeeping operation. In mid-December, Azerbaijani media reported that armed Armenian groups were attacking Azercell employees, who were installing equipment, and on 11 December, that an Azerbaijan soldier was injured as a result of an attack from another group of armed Armenians.[10][11] In November and December, three Azeri servicemen were killed and two wounded by an Armenian ambush near Sos. An Azeri post-ceasefire offensive also captured one hundred Armenian prisoners of war, although Azerbaijan did not recognize them as such despite international pressure, subsequently torturing them.[12]
In May 2021, Azeri forces attempted to storm Armenian territory near Lake Sev, although the attack was repelled without any skirmishes.[13] Afterwards, both Azerbaijan and Armenia presented differing border claims with regard to the division of Lake Sev.[14] [15] On 27 May, an Azeri incursion resulted in the capture of six Armenian soldiers, with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan calling for the deployment of international observers along portions of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan.[16]
In March 2022, Azerbaijani soldiers captured the Armenian village of Parukh, although they later withdrew.[17] Further clashes between July 2021 to July 2022 left a total of eleven Azerbaijani soldiers killed, and three wounded, along with seventeen Armenian soldiers killed and ten wounded.[18] The post-ceasefire clashes during this time also left a total of 22 civilians killed.[19]
In July 2022, Azerbaijan finished constructing an alternative to the Lachin corridor, which links Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh. However, Armenian and Artsakhi officials rejected the alternative.[20]
Clashes[edit]
1 August 2022[edit]
On August 1, according to the Artsakh Defence Army, Azerbaijani forces launched attacks on Artsakh positions in the north and northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
3 August 2022[edit]
On August 3, according to the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, Artsakh troops attacked Azerbaijani positions in the Lachin District, and Azerbaijani forces responded with a military operation it dubbed as "Operation Revenge", capturing several strategic heights in Nagorno-Karabakh,[21] along with the destruction of an Artsakh military base near the village of Verin Horatagh through an airstrike.[22] Artsakh declared a partial mobilisation,[23] with Russia and Artsakh accusing Azerbaijan of having violated the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.[21] As a result of the clashes, 2 Artsakhi soldiers were killed, and 14 wounded.[3]
Reactions[edit]
Several international organizations and countries condemned the clashes, calling for a peaceful resolution, and urging the parties to respect the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.[24][25]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "МИД Армении ответил на заявления Азербайджана относительно Лачинского коридора". Новости - Армения. 3 August 2022.
- ↑ https://newsarmenia.am/news/nagorno_karabakh/minoborony-artsakha-otchitalos-o-situatsii-na-linii-soprikosnoveniya-/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Nagorno-Karabakh Military Accuses Azerbaijan Of Attacks; Baku Denies Cease-Fire Violations". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ Wilson, Audrey. "Violence Flares in Nagorno-Karabakh". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Путин выступил с заявлением о прекращении огня в Карабахе" (in русский). RIA Novosti. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Пашинян заявил о прекращении боевых действий в Карабахе" (in русский). RIA Novosti. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia deploys peacekeeping troops to region". BBC News. 2020-11-10. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-11-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kramer, Andrew E. (November 10, 2020). "Facing Military Debacle, Armenia Accepts a Deal in Nagorno-Karabakh War". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Deal Struck to End Nagorno-Karabakh War". The Moscow Times. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Armenians commit terror act in Nagorno-Karabakh region". Trend News Agency (in azərbaycanca). 2020-12-11. Archived from the original on 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2020-12-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Armenians carry out armed provocation in Nagorno-Karabakh region". AzVision (in azərbaycanca). 2020-12-11. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2020-12-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Azerbaijan: Armenian Prisoners of War Badly Mistreated". Human Rights Watch. 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Armenia and Azerbaijan in new border crisis | Eurasianet". eurasianet.org. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Soviet military map proves eastern, western and southern shores of Sev Lake unequivocally belong to Armenia". Armenpress. 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
Sev Lake with its eastern, western and southern shores is located in the territory of the Armenian SSR –
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Map online: "General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces map of Goris J-38-21". Vokrug Sveta Encyclopedia. J-38-21 Goris. 1975. pp. 10–38–021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Пашинян заявил о решимости разобраться с Карабахом". Московский Комсомолец. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Yerevan Wants International Observers Deployed on Armenian-Azeri Border". Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Tensions rise again as Azerbaijani forces cross line of contact - report". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ Reuters (2021-09-01). "Armenian soldier killed by Azeri sniper fire on border - TASS". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Visual Explainer". Crisis Group. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan's demand to replace Lachin corridor with another route is not legitimate – Armenia Security Council Secretary".
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions flare as soldiers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh". France 24. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan Army conducted "Revenge" operation".
- ↑ "The President of Artsakh announces partial military mobilization". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ↑ "ABŞ Dövlət Departamenti: "Dağlıq Qarabağda baş verənlərdən narahatıq"". 3 August 2022.
- ↑ "OSCE extremely concerned about armed incidents and casualties".
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