Armenia declared martial law and mobilised its male population after clashes with Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a mainly ethnic Armenian region inside Azerbaijan which declared independence in 1991.
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has broken out around the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, with both sides reporting fatalities.Nagorno-Karabakh is a mainly ethnic Armenian area inside AzerbaijanArmenia said a woman and a child were killed in the area by shelling from Azerbaijani forces.Armenia declared martial law and mobilised its male population after clashes with Azerbaijan over the breakaway region.
Both sides blamed each other for the clashes — Armenia said Azerbaijan had carried out an air and artillery attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, but Azerbaijan said it had responded to Armenian shelling.Both Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other for the attack. "Our response will be proportionate, and the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the situation," the ministry said in a statement.
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