Three Armenian troops killed in occupied Karabakh

Hakop Khachatryan, 19, Eduard Hayrapetyan, 20, and Arshak Haryutyunyan, 20, were killed in fighting near the village of Gulustan in the north of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.

Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry did not immediately confirm the report of enemy deaths. The ministry said on its website Armenians violated the cease-fire 58 times in the past 24 hours.

Armenia captured nearly one-fifth of Azerbaijan’s internationally-recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts, in a war after the Soviet breakup in 1991.

While major hostilities ended with a cease-fire in 1994, no peace agreement has been signed.

Armenia has yet to comply with four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal from the occupied territory.