Zakharova: RPC was informed about  "counter-terrorist operation" few  minutes before start of hostilities

ArmInfo.There are media reports that the Azerbaijani side allegedly warned Russian  peacekeepers "in advance" about today's "anti-terrorist operation" in  Nagorno- Karabakh. Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria  Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.  <This is not true. The  information was communicated to the Russian contingent a few minutes  before the start of hostilities," she wrote.

Today Azerbaijan, under the pretext of an anti-terrorist operation,  began a large-scale aggression against Artsakh. The final goal of  this enemy operation is the abolition of the Artsakh Defense Army and  the de- Armenization of the NKR. The Azerbaijani side has already  openly stated this. The enemy side has already offered the Artsakh  people a corridor to leave Artsakh. According to media reports, the  enemy is targeting, including children's institutions, several  children (at least 7 children) were taken to the hospital with  injuries of varying severity.

Against the backdrop of what was happening, the Prime Minister of  Armenia convened a meeting of the RA Security Council. The Armenian  Foreign Ministry issued a statement accusing Baku of carrying out  ethnic cleansing in Artsakh.

The RA Ministry of Defense made a toothless statement that there is  no Armenian Armed Forces in Artsakh, and added that the situation on  the borders of the republic is relatively stable.