the ceasefire brokered by russia between
armenia and azerbaijan to try and end a
flare-up in fighting over the last two
weeks has been breached within its first
24 hours the two countries have a
long-running dispute over the
nagorno-karabakh region
azerbaijan has now accused armenia of a
war crime
after an apartment block in the city of
ganja was
shelled in a moment we'll hear from our
correspondent steve rosenberg in the
armenian town
of goris but first our international
correspondent oligarian sent this report
from ganja
let me see his face she begs one last
time
she's not alone in this desperate search
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let me see says this woman is he from my
family
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may the armenians die she cries
here's what's left of her neighborhood
in ganja
azerbaijan's second largest city
far from the front line but not far
enough
this is just off the main street no sign
of military targets
we saw remnants of what baku says was a
ballistic missile
it's accusing armenia of a war crime
well this was clearly a civilian target
apartment blocks flats
where people were living there's bedding
and blankets and mattresses
strewn among the rubble here the attack
happened
at about 2 a.m now this is supposed to
be a ceasefire
but it looks more like all-out war
and what happens next is their worst to
come
on both sides standing here now in the
rubble
is the ceasefire dead and actually
uh it's in a hard to us association
therefore currently we are considering
the situation if armenia continues to
attack azerbaijani civilians
then azerbaijan will be obliged to take
necessary measures against a legitimate
military target
you are saying that they have fired at
you and you're also saying that you
reserve the right to retaliate
so so which is it are you sticking to
the ceasefire or are you going to
retaliate for this attack
at this stage we are trying to stick to
the ceasefire regime
but of course if they continue to do so
by attacking other virginia civilians
as every nation we also have a rightful
self defense
as azerbaijan recovered more of its dead
it too was accused of breaching the
ceasefire
by shelling civilians on the other side
though the truth looked shattered today
it did not collapse
but ganja was hit hard
grandchildren were asleep in these beds
and were lucky to survive
but she acknowledges the pain in
nagorno-karabakh
we are all mothers told
bbc news ganja azerbaijan
well let's join our correspondent steve
rosenberg now who is in goris in
southern armenia what do the armenians
say about this attack in ganjan
azerbaijan steve
well in general today armenia has been
painting a very different picture
of events saying look it's not us it's
azerbaijan
which has been violating the ceasefire
targeting
civilian areas the armenians have even
suggested
that today turkish f-16 jets were in the
air over karabakh
guiding drone attacks and that's
something that we cannot confirm
but certainly the the armenian
authorities insist that they are the
ones
being committed that was agreed in
moscow so what's
exactly is both sides accusing each
other
of trying to undermine efforts for peace
and that means
the ceasefire for now ceasefire on
probably means that the red cross
cannot begin to do what it's been asked
to do to facilitate the removal of
the people who've been killed in the
fighting and facilitate
prisoners steve rosenberg in goris
armenia thank you very much and
apologies
for the breakup on that line to steve
rosenberg