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A man walks past a walled house in Azerbaijan
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In the embattled South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh there was again heavy fighting.
The two conflicting parties, Armenia and Azerbaijan, blamed each other for the new skirmishes and spoke of "losses" on their part.
According to Armenia, at least three civilians were killed.
The Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said that the capital of Stepanakert and the city of Shushi had been "heavily" shelled by the Azerbaijani side throughout the night.
Several houses were burned down in Suschi.
There were also several injured.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense also reported attacks on the city of Terter and two other villages in the morning.
The Azerbaijani region of Goranboi was also shot at.
More than 1100 soldiers killed
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict goes back decades.
Azerbaijan lost control of the area with around 145,000 residents in a war after the collapse of the Soviet Union around 30 years ago.
A fragile ceasefire has existed since 1994.
The region was controlled by Armenia, but under international law belongs to the Islamic Azerbaijan, which can rely on its "brother state" Turkey in the conflict.
Russia is considered to be the protecting power of Armenia.
New battles have broken out since September.
Several agreements about a ceasefire did not work.
The authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh recently spoke of more than 1,100 soldiers killed.
Azerbaijan did not provide any information.
There was only the number of civilians killed as 92.
In Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia there were reports of more than 50 victims in the population.
Turkey is said to have interfered in fighting
The Armenian Defense Ministry in the capital Yerevan reported that Azerbaijan had received support from Turkish forces during its attacks.
However, there is no official confirmation for the use of these forces.
According to the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities, there was fighting along the entire front.
The army has the situation under control.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense in the capital Baku, in turn, reported attacks by the opposing side on the city of Terter and on several villages.
In addition, several positions of the army on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan came under fire.
An independent verification of this information is not possible.
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