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Added on the 23/09/2023 18:08:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Smoke billows above breakway Nagorno-Karabakh's main city, as Azerbaijani forces shell Stepanakert according to Armenian officials as fighting enters a second week. IMAGES
The streets of Stepanakert, known as Khankendi in Azerbaijani, are empty after tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians left the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave following a military operation by Baku. The images were taken from a press tour convoy, organised by Azerbaijani officials, which passed through the city outskirts.
Images filmed from a car driving on the road as journalists enter to the city of Khankendi, known as Stepanakert in Armenian, at the same time as Azerbaijani officials. The AFP team is reporting from the former breakaway region on a government press tour. IMAGES
Images show the road into the main city of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, known as Stepanakert in Armenian and Khankendi in Azeri. Footage shot from a vehicle by an AFP team, taking part in a press tour organised by Azerbaijan, shows vehicles and civilian buildings along the road into the city. Almost the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave. IMAGES
Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated region that broke away from Azerbaijan, is battling a humanitarian crisis complete with shortages of food and fuel.
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