News - Azerbaijanis capture positions in Chartar and are 2 km away from the city, says resident

Azerbaijani Arme Forces have occupied the positions of Chartar town of Martuni region of Artsakh, now they are two kilometers far from the town. A resident of Chartar, who asked not to publish her name, told NEWS.am. She said she is now in a shelter along with other women and children of the town. "We are waiting, let's see what they will say. They say that they will evacuate us, but when they will do it and how, I don't know. They fully surrendered their positions, if they didn't surrender, we would all be annihilated. They didn't attack the village, but they do attack the positions. There is no concrete news from the soldiers in the positions, because there is no communication, but they say that everyone has left the positions. There are many victims from the village," she said.The woman also said that there is no food in the town, the telephone connection has just been restored. The town of Chartar was cut off from the outside world for two days. There is no electricity either, the power grids are impossible to repaire now. Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. Nagorno-Karabakh has confirmed that 200 people have died and more than 400 wounded, including civilians, because of Azerbaijan’s aggression. Azerbaijani opposition media that report that 80 Azerbaijani soldiers have died during the military aggression. On September 20, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh accepted the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping mission regarding the cessation of fire. The proposal by Azerbaijan envisages the withdrawal of the remaining units and servicemen of the RA Armed Forces from the deployment zone of the Russian peacekeeper and the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations; the complete disarmament of the Defense Army, as well as the withdrawal of heavy equipment and weapons from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in order to quickly eliminate them. The Azerbaijani forces resumed the fire on Stepanakert today while a delegation representing Nagorno-Karabakh was holding a meeting with Azerbaijani representatives in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh to discuss the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and further actions. Following the meeting, the delegation said that no final agreement was reached and that the details must be agreed upon. Azerbaijan later said an agreement was reached to hold another meeting.