According to the Defense Ministry, in total, almost 2,000 servicemen, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 units of automobile and special equipment will be transferred to the conflict zone.
“The first four Il-76 aircraft carrying Russian peacekeepers to the area of missions in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict took off from the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield. The personnel of the peacekeeping unit, vehicles, armored personnel carriers and materiel are on board”, – the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Later it became known about the departure of two more Il-76.
According to the Ministry of Defense, to monitor compliance with the ceasefire agreements, “Russian observation posts will be set up along the contact line in Nagorno Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor connecting Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh”.
It should be reminded that earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a complete cessation of hostilities in the zone of the Karabakh conflict.