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| Putin calls for end to Nagorno-Karabakh clashes | Putin calls for end to Nagorno-Karabakh clashes |
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an end to fighting after clashes broke out in the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh. | Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an end to fighting after clashes broke out in the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
| TV pictures showed a burned out vehicle and craters after a night of gunfire and heavy shelling. | |
| Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of starting the fighting, with both sides reporting casualties. | |
| Nagorno-Karabakh has been in the hands of ethnic Armenian separatists since a war that ended in 1994. | |
| Azerbaijan said its armed forces came under fire first from large-calibre artillery and grenade-launchers. The Armenian government said Azerbaijan started the fighting with tanks, artillery, and helicopters. | |
| The Nagorno-Karabakh military said Armenian anti-aircraft fire had shot down an Azeri helicopter, but Azerbaijan denied this, Reuters news agency reported. | |
| Frozen conflict threatens to reignite | Frozen conflict threatens to reignite |
| Azeris dream of return | Azeris dream of return |
| Similar violence was reported last month. | Similar violence was reported last month. |
| Fighting between the two sides began in the late 1980s and escalated into full-scale war in 1991 as the Soviet Union collapsed, killing about 30,000 people before a ceasefire in 1994. | Fighting between the two sides began in the late 1980s and escalated into full-scale war in 1991 as the Soviet Union collapsed, killing about 30,000 people before a ceasefire in 1994. |
| The region, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, has since run its own affairs with Armenian military and financial backing. | The region, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, has since run its own affairs with Armenian military and financial backing. |
| However sporadic fighting since then is estimated to have killed a further 30,000 people. | However sporadic fighting since then is estimated to have killed a further 30,000 people. |