Azerbaijan attacks the region, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians. The people there are cut off from the outside world because of a blockade, and now they may be experiencing the beginning of a new war.
The voice message comes from a basement in Stepanakert: “We are at war,” says Gegham Stepanjan into his cell phone in a restless voice. Azerbaijan is shelling the city with “heavy artillery” and from various positions. There would be no way to evacuate the region. “The entire population of Stepanakert is sitting in basements.”