Thread by @ThomasVLinge

#NagornoKarabakh BREAKING: Azerbaijani military forces have launched an artillery assault on the city of #Stepanakert.

https://twitter.com/marutvanian/status/1704067945729605695

#NagornoKarabakh: the sounds of artillery fire and air raid siren s fill the air over #Stepanakert this clouded Tuesday afternoon.

Azerbaijani rethoric strongly suggest they're intending to start another war to finish off Armenian self-rule in the region.

#NagornoKarabakh: Azerbaijani artillery is slamming into the hills around #Stepanakert as heavy fighting is ongoing in the region.

So this the plan all along. After closing the road for 9 months suddenly the Lachin corridor is open for people wishing to flee to #Armenia 🇦🇲.

#Aliyev probably figured that all it takes to ethnically cleanse #Karabakh is a couple artillery waves on a starving population.

#NagornoKarabakh: scenes of panic in the streets of #Stepanakert. People run for cover as artillery strikes can be heard in the back. Children are experiencing some of the most terrifying moments of their lives.

#NagornoKarabakh: civilians are now being targeted by Azerbaijani artillery as well

https://twitter.com/SiranushSargsy1/status/1704095356022038617?t=EIoahSA7tQazV0u9nYiFEg&s=19

#NagornoKarabakh: photos from the #Stepanakert hospital. Children have been hit in the Azerbaijani artillery assault as well.

#NagornoKarabakh: footage reportedly filmed in Askeron, which is the epicenter of the Azerbaijani assault.

Sounds of shelling and gunfire gives a sense of the intensity of the ongoing fighting there.

#NagornoKarabakh: the #Aliyev regime is launching a crackdown on the few peace activists that remain in #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

#NagornoKarabakh: chaotic scenes from the #Stepanakert hospital where wounded civilians continue to come in.

Two civilians, including one child have already been confirmed killed by Azerbaijani shelling.

#NagornoKarabakh: more footage from #Stepanakert hospital as the wounded are being brought in.

#NagornoKarabakh: buildings on fire in #Stepanakert after being hit by Azerbaijani shells.