now president putin of russia has called
for an end to hostilities
in nagorno-karabakh region he said the
fighting between azerbaijan and armenia
was a tragedy
while iran has warned that it could
escalate into a wider
regional war the current fighting is the
worst scene since the war between the
azeri's and the armenians
back in the 1990s under international
law
the territory of nagorno-karabakh
belongs to azerbaijan
but it is populated and governed by
ethnic
armenians our international
correspondent oligarin reports now from
the city of tatar in azerbaijan
azeri forces continuing their advance
in footage released by the authorities
here
they only show the victories not the
losses
and they don't allow independent access
to the front line
but we were allowed to enter the ghost
town of tartar
which borders nagorno-karabakh it's
normally home
to a hundred thousand people most have
been driven out
by armenian shelling
but not osman who we found
picking up shrapnel
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the armenians caused a lot of
destruction he told us
but it doesn't matter as long as they
are driven out
some here in tartar are sheltering
underground
tells me her grandson faris is used to
it
and she's not going anywhere
we've been waiting for this for 28 years
that's why we don't want to take one
step away we're very excited about
what's happening
my son and daughter are fighting on the
front line
well we've just been hearing more
incoming fire we heard what sounded like
a jet
a few minutes ago and there were some
explosions in the last half an hour or
so now
people here tell us this is the way it's
been for the last few days it's become
the normal routine
to have indiscriminate shelling and they
say that nine
civilians have been killed in this area
no cradle for pharah's just a lullaby
but scenes like this are being repeated
on the other side of the front line
as ethnic armenians are shelled by
azerbaijan
in the azeri capital baku they come to
honor soldiers who fell in combat
stretching back to the soviet era
there's a lot of nationalism on display
here and a lot of gratitude
for strong backing from turkey
we've come to visit the martyrs says 20
year old gulnar
and to celebrate some of our victories
we believe there are a lot more to come
while they look to turkey armenia is
looking to
russia so far it's largely staying out
of the picture
for people here the conflict over
nagorno-karabakh
was never frozen and now the old hatreds
are threatening
to inflame the region orla giron bbc
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baku