The 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh was a one-day military operation by Azerbaijan against the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, a region populated mostly by ethnic Armenians. It followed a nine-month blockade of the Lachin corridor, the only road linking the area with Armenia, which caused shortages of food and medicine. Azerbaijan, which described the action as an anti-terrorist operation, attacked with artillery, drones and ground forces, and the Karabakh Armenian forces, outgunned and without the help of Russian peacekeepers, agreed to a ceasefire and to disarm. Within days, most of the ethnic Armenian population left for Armenia, and the self-declared republic announced it would dissolve. The offensive ended a conflict over the territory that had lasted for over three decades.
Before and after
- September 2023Storm Daniel
- 6 September 2023September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
- 8 September 20232023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake
- 13 September 20232023 North Korea–Russia summit
- from 19 September 2023 to 20 September 20232023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- 20 September 20232023 killing of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh
- 22 September 2023Death of Giorgio Napolitano
- 22 September 2023Missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
- from 24 September 2023 to 3 October 2023Expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
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