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Russian media outlets highlighted the address by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the nation.
TASS, Radio Sputnik, Vestik Kavkaza, Interfax and RBC news agencies covered the statements voiced by President Ilham Aliyev about the shelling by Armenian armed forces of Azerbaijani servicemen and civilians, the killing of Azerbaijani civilians, the threat posed by Armenia to the region, and Azerbaijan’s struggle to defend its interests.
“What are Armenian soldiers doing in our lands?! What is the Armenian army doing in our lands?! It is no secret that 90 percent of the personnel in the “Nagorno-Karabakh army” are Armenian citizens. Armenia is an occupying state, this occupation must and will end,” the Russian media outlets quoted the Azerbaijani president as saying.