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Azerbaijan admitted to having “mistakenly” killed five Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno Carabaque during the 24-hour military operation launched Tuesday against the separatist territory populated by Armenians, an incident for which its president, Ilham Aliyevapologized the day before to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
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A sixth Russian peacekeeper was shot dead Karabakh Militarysustained Baku.
O Azerbaijan Prosecutor General’s Office explained in a statement that on Wednesday a group of Azerbaijani soldiers participating in the operation fired at a car in which Azerbaijani soldiers were traveling. Russian Peacekeeping Contingent assuming “by mistake” it was “illegal Armenian armed groups”.
Baku alleges the “difficult terrain and cloudy and rainy weather conditions” as the cause of the reaction of Azerbaijani soldiers.
“As a result of the incident five Russian peacekeepers died“, said the prosecutor.
On the same day, a sixth peacekeeper died. Russia deployed in Nagorno Karabakh since the 44-day war in autumn 2020, when “Illegal Armenian armed groups fired firearms at a vehicle Kamaz belonging to the peace contingent of Russia”He explained.
O Attorney General He assured that a criminal case was opened and an investigation was launched in collaboration with his Russian counterpart.
According to sources in Russian security agencies, the day before, the commander of the the soldiers who killed five peacekeepers He was suspended from his duties and the first suspects were arrested.
Source: Elcomercio
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