Nearly one hundred troops have been killed in fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that their army lost fifty troops while responding to large-scale provocation by Armenia. It said Armenian troops planted mines and fired on Azerbaijani military positions.

Speaking to the parliament, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said forty-nine of their soldiers have been killed in the clashes.

Meanwhile, the United States, Russia, Turkiye and the European Council have called for cease in provocations.