The fall of Nagorno-Karabakh: "In this near-total information blackout, with no independent media access and limited internet connectivity, rumors of Azerbaijani atrocities have spread. One woman claimed that Azerbaijani troops had beheaded her three young children in front of her; another said that the same had happened to a Karabakh Armenian soldier."
Michael Novakhov's favorite articles The fall of Nagorno-Karabakh posted at 11:43:08 UTC via intellinews.com After 32 years, the de facto independence of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is reaching its end. The tense and often-violated ceasefire that had governed the region since the end of the 2020 Second Karabakh War was overwhelmingly violated by Azerbaijan around 1pm local time on Tuesday. Azerbaijani military units, which had been gathering near the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the borders of Armenia for weeks, launched a massive assault across all areas of the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline. Artillery, precision missile strikes and airstrikes struck the beleaguered units of the Artsakh Defence Army, as the breakaway region’s military forces are known, while Azerbaijani infantry launched an offensive on the ground. 24 hours later, it was all over. Weakened by nine months of siege and starvation, without any supply lines to the outside world and hopelessly ou