Azerbaijan video: strikes in Armenian positions

Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry claimed Saturday morning to have carried out strikes through night against targets in separatist region of Nagor-Karabakh.

A video uploed by Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan allegedly shows military equipment being targeted and eliminated by airstrikes.

Armenian officials reported that Azerbaijan carried out strikes on capital of self-proclaimed Republic of Nagor-Karabakh late on Friday, killing one and injuring four people.

Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry accused Armenian forces of shelling Agdam, Terter and Barda regions and attacking or areas.

Both sides reported destroying military equipment belonging to ir versary.

Officials for self-proclaimed Republic of Nagor-Karabakh said more than 150 servicemen on ir side have been killed so far.

Azerbaijani authorities haven't given details on its military casualties but said 19 civilians have been killed and 55 more have been wounded.

This is biggest escalation in years of deces-old conflict killing dozens and leaving scores wounded.

Nagor-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenian government since 1994 at end of a separatist war following breakup of Soviet Union three years earlier.

region in Caucasus Mountains of about 4,400 square kilometers (1,700 square miles), roughly size of US state of Delaware, is 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Armenian border.

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