We begin in nagorno karabakh, where fears are growing of a potential humanitarian catastrophe after Military Action by azerbaijan. Thats the region that is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but large parts of it have been controlled by Ethnic Armenians for three decades. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. They are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. In new york, azerbaijans foreign minister, jeyhun bayramov, told the Un General Assembly that baku was determined to reintegrate Karabakh Armenians as equal citizens but his armenian counterpart demanded the un establish a mission in the region to prevent further killings of Ethnic Armenians. The bbc s olga ivshina is one of the first journalists to have reached the region since this weeks hostilities began. She filed this report. This is the first time journalists have been allowed into karabakh since the start of recent
Of the Ukrainian Military intelligence. He said that basically nine people were killed and 16 injured. We are not clear how he got that information, we are not clear whether it is true, it certainly hasnt been verified yet. One of the things he said was that two russian generals had been badly injured in the attack. One is part of the operation in zaporizhzhia which lies to the north east of crimea and the other person is linked to russias north sea fleet. Both those people apparently, according to Ukrainian Military intelligence, badly injured. He did not comment on reports that the admiral of russias Black Sea Fleet was killed, so that certainly, even from the ukrainian side, hasnt stood up in any way. Ukraine Special Forces have also commented. They have said basically the attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces but with a meeting of the leadership of russias navalforces but again with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces
It comes as reports in the American Media suggest that the United States is planning to give ukraine advanced long range missiles to help with its ongoing counteroffensive against russia. They quote us officials familiar with the issue as saying ukraine will get some missiles similar to the ones were seeing here with a range of up to 190 miles. That would allow kyiv to hit russian targets deep behind the front line. Neither the us nor ukraine have officially confirmed the media reports. With more on this im joined from the newsroom by Europe Regional Editor for the bbc world service, danny aeberhard. Hello. Think you forjoining us. We have heard a lot about the significance of the specific type of weapons. Can you tell us a bit about them . ~ ,. , weapons. Can you tell us a bit about them . , them . Well, this is our basically wea ons them . Well, this is our basically weapons that them . Well, this is our basically weapons that go them . Well, this is our basically weapons that go wit
Hello, im samantha simmonds. The International Red cross says its managed to deliver 70 tonnes of relief aid to the disputed enclave Nagorno Karabakh for the First Time Since azerbaijan captured the territory in a lightning operation five days ago. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city stepanakert, where food and medicine are running low, and power cuts are frequent. Families remain stranded in the local airport, where russian peacekeepers are based. They are sleeping on the ground, cooking food on fire and not having an access to clean water. Moscow said there were over 2,000 people, including 1,000 children, sheltering at the peacekeepers base camp. I was joined earlier by our correspondent Rayhan Demytrie who gave me the latest. The political situation is that Karabakh Armenians, they surrendered to azerbaijan. They signed this Ceasefire Agreement on wednesday. And now whats happening is the process of disarmament, because that was part of the Ceasefire
Samir puri is a lecturer in war studies at Kings College london. He says the commitment by the us to supply more weapons is significant. As the Army Tactical Missile System that the us has finally authorised the gifting to ukraine and it is about the range of the missiles they can fire. 190 miles, significantly further in the Storm Shadow Missile than the Storm Shadow Missile which is 150 miles range. The significance is this is something that ukraine and those supporting the arming of ukraine have really been asking for for months and months and months. Arguably creating the impression this is a war winning weapon whereas i think in reality, what this will do is give the Ukrainian Armed forces another tool to try and degrade the russian defensive positions but by no means guarantee actually breaking through and kicking the russian army out of all parts of ukraine. The missle strike on the Crimean Peninsula, this is an enormous achievement by the Ukrainian Armed forces because lets not