Russian peacekeepers evacuate 5,000 people from Azerbaijan's Garabagh region

Russian peacekeeping contingent evacuated 5 thousand people from three districts of the Garabagh region: Aghdere, Khojavand and Askeran.

The Russian Defense Ministry told Kommersant that they were delivered to the peacekeepers' location.

The Defense Ministry noted that the Russian side continues "continuous interaction with Baku, Yerevan and Khankendi aimed at preventing bloodshed, ensuring security and observing the norms of humanitarian law with regard to the peaceful population."

On September 19, Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched an anti-terrorist measure in Garabagh in response to the mine terror by the Armenian sabotage group that killed four employees of the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry.

As a result of a one-day campaign, Garabagh’s junta regime agreed to surrender and negotiate the reintegration process with Baku on September 21 in Azerbaijan’s Yevlakh city.