Azerbaijani Military Push Into Karabakh Ends With Moscow-Brokered Ceasefire

Azerbaijan and Armenian forces agree to cease hostilities following mediation by Russian peacekeepers deployed in the region since 2020.

An Azerbaijani military helicopter flies during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh near the city of Terter, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 23, 2020. Umit Bektas/Reuters

Azerbaijan has suspended a planned ground offensive into the flashpoint Nagorno-Karabakh region after Armenian separatist forces agreed to the terms of a ceasefire agreement brokered by Moscow.

“The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh accept the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to cease fire,” a spokesperson for the “republic,” which isn’t internationally recognized, said in a statement.