Ministry of Defense: Russian peacekeepers died when a car was shelled in Karabakh

Russian Ministry of Defense. Photo: Mikhail Verny

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the death of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh when a car was fired at in the Janyatag area.

The statement of the Russian defense department emphasizes that the car with Russian peacekeepers were fired upon with small arms on Wednesday, September 20, when the military was returning from an observation post of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

“As a result of the shelling, the Russian servicemen in the car were killed,” says a press release from the Russian Ministry of Defense. .

Currently, Russian and Azerbaijani representatives of the investigative authorities are working together to clarify all the circumstances of the incident.