Azerbaijan and Armenia report shelling of cities despite truce

A house burns after shelling by Azerbaijan’s artillery following the beginning of the cease-fire during a military conflict in Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, late Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday, but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of attacking large cities in violation of a ceasefire brokered by Russia that seeks to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Azerbaijani authorities said on Sunday that nine civilians had been killed and more than 30 wounded after Armenian forces fired missiles overnight on Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, and hit a residential building.