Мобилизация вооруженных сил Карабаха
По мере эскалации конфликта начался наплыв добровольцев в армию.
Мобилизация вооруженных сил Карабаха
По мере эскалации конфликта начался наплыв добровольцев в армию.
![Before going to the front, Armenian volunteers receive ammunition and combat uniforms. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_1-photolure.jpg?h=259d4c7c)
![Nagorny Karabakh defence forces holding their military positions. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_6-photolure.jpg?h=9fe8484d)
![Heavy fighting between the armies of Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijan on the frontline, April 3, 2016. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_2-photolure.jpg?h=9e9d10ea)
![Hundreds of volunteers, including veterans of the Karabakh war, have already joined the Nagorny Karabakh army. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_3-photolure.jpg?h=9e9d10ea)
![In the centre of the Karabakh capital of Stepanakert, men enlist as volunteers. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_4-photolure.jpg?h=9e9d10ea)
![Ammunition and combat gear for Armenian volunteers. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_5-photolure.jpg?h=0d1baf8e)
![The town of Martakert after intense shelling from Azerbaijani forces. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_7-photolure.jpg?h=9e9d10ea)
![The third day of heavy fighting between the armies of Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijan. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_8-photolure.jpg?h=7933eafd)
![Talish village after occupation by Azerbaijani forces. The following day it was recaptured by the Karabakh military. (Photo: Photolure Agency)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/karabakh-april_2016_conflict_9-photolure.jpg?h=9e9d10ea)
В приграничных регионах Нагорного Карабаха боевые действия разгораются между азербайджанскими и поддерживаемыми Арменией военнослужащими.
В Карабахе сотни добровольцев вступают в армию и в массовом порядке получают амуницию и боевое снаряжение.
В ряды добровольцев входят и ветераны Карабахской войны, которая завершилась в 1994 перемирием, но не мирным договором.
С тех пор перемирие нарушатся частыми перестрелками и периодическими вторжениями как на линии соприкосновения вооруженных сил вокруг Карабаха, так и на государственной границе между Арменией и Азербайджаном.
В последние дни была отмечена самая острая вспышка насилия за два десятилетия.