Azerbaijan Holds Army Drill, Risking Escalation With Armenia
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Azerbaijan told hospitals to be ready for war and started what it called “intense” military exercises, raising the risk of an escalation in its conflict with Russian ally Armenia over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
All medical institutions and personnel received “specific instructions” from the Azeri Defense Ministry to “take the necessary measures to prepare for possible military action that can take place at any moment,” the ministry in the capital, Baku, said on its website on Thursday. The Defense Ministry said earlier in the day that its armed forces began drills involving tanks, armored infantry carriers and aircraft.