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Clashes have broken out between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with at least one Azerbaijani helicopter shot down. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54314341
Have a listen to the @PopularFrontCO episode on the region. https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/KPDAWWeaEkJvqGyY6
Also, recently we did an episode on the tension between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan proper. Have a listen to these two if you need a primer on what’s going on. https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/6vXoA85rCR45sYkV7
The authorities in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh have announced a “total military mobilisation" of the male population. This is a big deal, not just the usual border skirmishes.
Footage realised by #Armenia showing burning Azerbaijani military vehicles.
Armenian tanks moving through the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1310121590022176768
More footage of Azerbaijani military vehicles hit on the Nagorno-Karabakh / Artsakh border.
Ten military casualties reported already. https://twitter.com/artyomtonoyan/status/1310144147937021952
Like clockwork. https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1310121679327293440
Turkish state media already on the ground in #Azerbaijan. Shells landed close to them.
Azerbaijan state media having a normal one this morning.
Absolutely. This is why this isn’t just a small deal—whilst many have never heard of Nagorno-Karabakh, they will get to know far and wide if the war gets hotter. It pulls in many other countries. https://twitter.com/primus123456789/status/1310168986827534336
Reports that Turkish backed militias from Syria have been sent to #Azerbaijan. If you see anything else about this please ping me. Seems unbelievable, yet it also doesn’t. https://twitter.com/tskmap/status/1309937488509702146
Last week it was the Kurds and the Greeks. https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1310175156006862850
#Azerbaijan released footage of drone strikes on #NagornoKarabakh. https://twitter.com/global_mil_info/status/1310214262258913283
You’ve seen the Azerbaijani Eurovision style war song, now have the Armenian orthodox priest with a rifle. https://twitter.com/armenia/status/1310165919344320513
Men in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh singing a patriotic song as they volunteer to fight against #Azerbaijan.
Yeah. That t-shirt is so dark. https://twitter.com/henry_langston/status/1310361612637929473
#Armenia has released the names of 16 of their soldiers who were killed today. Look how young many of them were.
Clashes all over the region.
Reports that #Azerbaijan has taken Fuzuli city.
(Sorry to use a Bozkurt as a source but generally they have decent intel on the situation from the Azeri side due to their regime being completely involved in the assault) https://twitter.com/zulkar_seyyah/status/1310501208726155264
(Sorry to use a Bozkurt as a source but generally they have decent intel on the situation from the Azeri side due to their regime being completely involved in the assault) https://twitter.com/zulkar_seyyah/status/1310501208726155264
Turkish drone engineer Selcuk Bayraktar tweeting about #Turkey’s use of his Bayraktar military drones within the #Azerbaijan conflict, quoting a video that shows the drones hitting #Armenia positions in #NagornoKrabakh / #Artsakh. https://twitter.com/selcuk/status/1310320454201217027
#Azerbaijan Ministry of Defence: “We will fight to destroy the enemy completely.”
Young children allegedly killed by Armenian shelling. https://twitter.com/mikroskopmedia/status/1310515096360235008
Armenian ATGM strike on Azerbaijani positions. Reports of several killed.
The Fight For Nagorno-Karabakh: Documenting Losses on The Sides Of Armenia and Azerbaijan https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/the-fight-for-nagorno-karabakh.html?m=1
New footage of #Azerbaijan’s drone strikes on military vehicles belonging to #Armenia.
The troops were killed in artillery fire after. Apparently the ATGM missed. (Thanks @Rebel44CZ) https://twitter.com/jake_hanrahan/status/1310560937989017604
Houses destroyed by #Azerbaijan in Matuni. https://twitter.com/517design/status/1310583003094093825
The fighting in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh is spread out over so many positions. Very hard to see this simmering down quickly now. https://twitter.com/517design/status/1310644114556424193
Azerbaijan anarchist Giyas Ibrahimov has been arrested for speaking out against the state’s assault on N-K. https://twitter.com/yeryuzupostasi/status/1310641712134586368
#Armenia has released the names of 84 soldiers killed in just under two days. https://twitter.com/karlenaslanyan/status/1310669794253905920
I’ve been skeptical about the claims Turkish backed mercenaries from Syria have been sent to Azerbaijan to fight—the evidence is flimsy. Aymenn has excellent sources in that part of Syria though, so this is looking more and more possible. https://twitter.com/ajaltamimi/status/1310628179166539777
N-K / Artsakh forces on the frontline: “The most important thing is that we have spirit. There’s nothing to be afraid of...”
Russian MiGs seen flying over the capital of #Armenia today. https://twitter.com/neilphauer/status/1310538359958376449
If you’re wondering what the fuck is going on in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh, have a listen to the episode we did about the region with @AramShabanian. Explains the history behind the fighting. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/popular-front/id1364539980?i=1000415080013
Also, have a listen to the episode we did recently with @Richard_RSC about how it was only a matter of time before things kicked off in a big way between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/popular-front/id1364539980?i=1000487170308
#Azerbaijan has attacked #Armenia proper—as in they’ve not just hit the contested area of #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh now, they’re actually striking the borders of the Armenian republic. This is a huge escalation. https://twitter.com/shstepanyan/status/1310850870624608257
Be very wary of claims like this. Whilst there is evidence that Turkey has sent some of its Syrian mercenaries (some of them jihadist if it is the units claimed) to Azerbaijan, there is no proof yet that its definitely true. Hold out for more info. https://www.thedailybeast.com/turkey-sends-sayf-balud-isis-warlord-to-azerbaijan-to-face-off-against-putins-armenian-allies
(Yes, the video of fighters claimed to be Syrian mercenaries has been geo-located to being on the Azeri side of the N-K border, but we still don’t know who the fighters were. They haven’t been identified. They could just be Azeri troops.) https://twitter.com/obretix/status/1310587317061431297
More footage from the frontlines in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh.
More footage from the frontlines in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh.
More claims that #Turkey is sending its mercenaries from #Syria to fight alongside #Azerbaijan against #Armenia.
(If this is proven completely, I hope journalists finally stop referring to Turkish backed auxiliaries as “the rebels”) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria-idUSKBN26J25A
(If this is proven completely, I hope journalists finally stop referring to Turkish backed auxiliaries as “the rebels”) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria-idUSKBN26J25A
#Armenia has released footage showing troops of #Azerbaijan fleeing sniper fire. This is getting very ugly very quickly.
If you were under any illusion of what will happen to the people of #NagornoKarabakh if #Azerbaijan takes it... https://twitter.com/neilphauer/status/1310681119453569031
Serious damage out there. https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1311071619599794176
Intense shelling on the Armenian frontline in #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh. (Via Bars Media)
Reports of Azeri drone strikes on Stepanakert, the capital of #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh. https://twitter.com/auroraintel/status/1311087146485329920
Brutal (censored) footage released by #Armenia showing evidence of many killed #Azerbaijan soldiers.
#Armenian fighter jet shot down. https://twitter.com/armenianunified/status/1311226444207579136
