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<p>GORIS, Armenia—Two ethnic Armenian soldiers who survived the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/first-look-at-exodus-of-armenians-fleeing-nagorno-karabakh-in-lachin-corridors">blitzkrieg onslaught against Nagorno-Karabakh</a> told The Daily Beast they witnessed apparent war crimes committed against civilians who lived in the disputed enclave.</p>
<p>The assault on Nagorno-Karabakh last week was c<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/nagorno-karabakh-defeat-spells-the-end-for-putins-mock-nato">arried out by Azerbaijan despite the presence of Russian peacekeepers</a> who had been defending the residents of the border region. It took only two days for Azerbaijan to successfully take control of the enclave after the assault began on Sept. 19. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has since accused its <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-fumes-over-armenias-effort-to-join-icc-in-response-to-azerbaijani-violence-nagorno-karabakh">Russian ally of failing to intervene</a>.</p>
<p>One civilian allegedly had his leg cut in two by a bullet from a sniper that struck him during the attack, according to the soldiers. They also told The Daily Beast that they had witnessed indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, in contravention of t<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-joe-biden-may-struggle-to-hold-russia-to-account-for-war-crimes">he International Criminal Court’s Rome Statue on war crimes.</a></p>
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty
GORIS, Armenia—Two ethnic Armenian soldiers who survived the blitzkrieg onslaught against Nagorno-Karabakh told The Daily Beast they witnessed apparent war crimes committed against civilians who lived in the disputed enclave.
One civilian allegedly had his leg cut in two by a bullet from a sniper that struck him during the attack, according to the soldiers. They also told The Daily Beast that they had witnessed indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, in contravention of the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statue on war crimes.
