Russian soldiers saw traces of destruction on the streets, many corpses of Armenians, and met Azerbaijani soldiers who went from house to house and finished off those who remained alive ...

This morning, the Azerbaijani human rights defenders who arrived from France informed me that six Russian peacekeepers, killed three days ago in Nagorno-Karabakh, were shot. Ali Nagieva. About this was told by a man whose brother, being an officer, participates in the so-called "anti-terrorist operation in Karabakh".

That's how it was.

On the night of September 19, Azerbaijani troops invaded the northern part of Nagorno-Karabakh, capturing Drombon and besieging the villages of Vardadzor, Mets Shen, Nerkin Khoratag and Chankatakh. The Armenian side notified the peacekeeping forces that, according to available information, Azerbaijani soldiers are currently engaged in mass executions, rapes and violence over the corpses of civilians. In connection with this, Ivan Kovgan, the deputy commander of the peacekeeping forces, together with a number of officers, went to the indicated villages to see what was happening there. Their trip was NOT coordinated with the Azerbaijani side, since the route was in the zone of responsibility of the Russian military group. Izdili na dvux avtomobilya UAZ Patriot.

On the territory of the village of Internal People (near Martakert), the Russian soldiers met several local residents hiding in the forest, who asked the Russians to leave immediately. it's Azerbaijani spetsnaz. now he commits mass murders of the peaceful population. Russian soldiers went in the direction of these villages, where they saw traces of destruction on the streets, many corpses of Armenians and met Azerbaijani soldiers who were going from house to house and finished off those who remained alive.

The Azerbaijanis drew their weapons to the Russians and demanded to immediately hand over the phones on which the Russians filmed mass murders, and to leave the "ATO zone", to which the Russians refused to hand over the phones. Stepanakerte. Then the Azerbaijani officer called his command. They made Russia wait for about half an hour and did not let them go. After that, the Russians were told that everything is fine, you can go, leave your phones. According to the officer, whose brother told all this, their chief personally told him that the Russians should not be let go, "they saw everything, and our guys can now be neutralized outside the village, as they were once, and here...".

The Russians left alone the People in the direction of Martakert, but fell into an ambush of the second group of Azerbaijanis, who were looting at that time, at the turn of the second village of Vardadzor, occupied by the Azerbaijanis. and the killing of Armenians in this village. The Azerbaijani military shot at the cars of the Russian peacekeepers at point blank range, and when they lost control and flew off the road, they approached and hit the Russians at point blank range.

According to the people with whom I spoke, the agreement on what to do with the Russians was at the level of the head of the state security service of Azerbaijan, General Al Iev, who, according to them, personally said that "... You should not leave" And that "...vse will be coordinated with Moscow".

Alexsander Lapshin

Hanrayin Dat