Azeri-Armenian Fighting Challenges Russia-Backed Cease-Fire
- Cease-fire planned after worst fighting in three decades
- Armenia, Azerbaijan each say other isn’t ready to compromise
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Azerbaijan and Armenia said skirmishes in and around the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region were hindering a humanitarian truce secured by Russia in overnight talks, although fighting had eased.
The former Soviet republics blamed each other for violating the cease fire in the south of the conflict zone. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry accused Armenians of firing on its positions in the east and northeast.