The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war was a war between the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the allied Artsakh Defence Army and Armed Forces of Armenia in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh . This is the most recent event during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict .

The clashes began on the morning of 27 September 2020 along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact . Both sides reported military and civilian casualties. ^[1] In response to the clashes, Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh placed curfews , martial law and total mobilization , ^[2] while Azerbaijan introduced martial law and a curfew. ^{[3] [4]}

On 28 September partial mobilization was declared in Azerbaijan. ^[5]

On 10 October, both Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire , the stopping of any military action, for a short time. ^[6]

On 9 November, with the help of Russian President Vladimir Putin , both Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement in Moscow , ending the war the next day. Under the agreement, Azerbaijan kept not only the territory it won during the war, all the territories still controlled by Armenians outside the Nagorno-Karabakh region, were given by Putin to Azerbaijani control. In the rest of Nagorno-Karabakh, which are controlled by Armenians, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed for a period of five years. Under the agreement, when the five year term ends on 9 November 2025, the peacekeeping mission of Russia can be renewed for another five years or ended if Azerbaijan or Armenia do not want it to continue. ^[7]

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