Russian peacekeeper wounded, Azeri serviceman killed in landmine blast as work to uphold Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire continues

A Russian peacekeeper

A Russian peacekeeper was wounded and an Azeri serviceman was killed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Monday, after a land mine went off during a search for the bodies of those killed in recent fighting.

The search was carried out in line with the Moscow-brokered armistice between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The peace deal, signed a week ago, put an end to nearly two months of intense conflict between the neighbors, also seeing Russian peacekeepers deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh to separate the sides and prevent any provocations.

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