On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that several peacekeepers were killed when their car came under shelling the area of Canyataq in Nagorno-Karabakh. Earlier on Thursday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed deep condolences over the tragic death of Russian military personnel in Nagorno-Karabakh, adding that a thorough investigation will be carried out into the incident.
"The commander of the corps of the Azerbaijani armed forces, whose subordinates are guilty of the death of the servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, has been suspended from his duties," the source said.