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Thread 🧵 on foreign news outlets in the period of the #FirstKarabakhWar reporting on advancement of Armenian troops deep into Azerbaijani territory and mass atrocities the population’s exile which they’ve caused. 1/10

The @guardian article describes #Armenian advancement into #Zangilan district of Azerbaijan. Despite of the UN’s call to stop the offensive, Armenian forces continued. The #UN officials rejected a death toll of 3.000 and reported that at least 10.000 have been killed. 2/10

Description of Azerbaijani civilians being massacred in the snowy mountains near #Khojaly. What’s horrible is that the Armenian soldiers didn’t just enter the city and massacred civilians but they’ve also chased the civilians who were trying to hide in forests. 3/10

@Newsweek: Armenian troops didn’t stop on killing civilians but also mutilated and scalped dead civilians. 4/10

#Armenians were denying the fact of massacre but it was clear for neutral sides that Azerbaijani civilians were killed purposely. 5/10

An article stating that corpses were scattered over hills as civilians were trying to escape the attack. 6/10

Report on Soviet army’s involvement in the massacre, particularly the 366 Motorized Infantry Regiment. 7/10

More on #Khojaly massacre. 8/10

@Independent article stating that both #Russia & #Turkey urged #Armenia to stop its offensive and requested on joint peacekeeping mission. The idea of deploying the #peacekeepers is not new. 9/10

Despite of all of the difficulties and suffering, #Azerbaijani nation was determined to liberate its territories from Armenian occupation. Azerbaijan was accumulating its military power and waiting for a perfect moment to strike. That moment came. We did it. And we won. 🇦🇿 10/10

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