Posted on Sep 21, 2023
Putin's "mini-NATO" in peril as Russian peacekeepers killed by Azeri troops
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Russian peacekeepers stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh were killed during shelling, the Kremlin said Wednesday. This has dealt a blow to the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as Azerbaijan claimed control of the breakaway region following a brief military offensive.
Russia's Defense Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that a car carrying Russian peacekeepers came under fire and that all of the servicemen died. The announcement came shortly after Azerbaijan launched attacks on the region, and ethnic Armenians in control of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a Moscow-proposed ceasefire.
Russia's Defense Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that a car carrying Russian peacekeepers came under fire and that all of the servicemen died. The announcement came shortly after Azerbaijan launched attacks on the region, and ethnic Armenians in control of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a Moscow-proposed ceasefire.
Putin's "mini-NATO" in peril as Russian peacekeepers killed by Azeri troops
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"The news comes as the CSTO, founded in 2002, appears to be peril against the backdrop of flaring violence in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. This is led by ethnic Armenians in the region, and is recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan. The CSTO is a military alliance of six post-Soviet states—Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan—that has been likened to a smaller version of NATO."...
"The news comes as the CSTO, founded in 2002, appears to be peril against the backdrop of flaring violence in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. This is led by ethnic Armenians in the region, and is recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan. The CSTO is a military alliance of six post-Soviet states—Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan—that has been likened to a smaller version of NATO."...
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