Azerbaijanis Approached Russian Outpost Senior and Warned to Hide Personnel, Artillery Will Soon Operate: Shahramanyan

On September 19, I was in the morning with the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. The first signal that military operations might begin was when Azerbaijanis approached the senior of the Russian outpost near the tank monument below Shushi and warned him to hide the personnel, as artillery would soon start operating. We reported this fact to the peacekeepers, and they were aware of it too. It was already clear to me that military operations might begin shortly.

I returned to my workplace, and literally half an hour later, all of Artsakh was under shelling,” said the President of Artsakh, Samvel Shahramanyan, describing the events of the morning of September 19.