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The Kremlin is keeping a close eye on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to TASS.

"Indeed, information is scarce. We are really keeping a close eye," he said when asked to comment on reports about the ceasefire violation in Nagorno-Karabakh. He noted that such developments in the region are "an extra job for the peacekeepers."

"Contacts followed quite swiftly," Peskov noted, adding that he cannot say anything more. "Indeed, the situation was alarming but it was swiftly settled," he stressed.

Armenia's Defense Ministry earlier reported that the units of the Azerbaijani armed forces, which had accommodated additional troops and military equipment, including heavy artillery, grossly violated the provisions of the November 9 trilateral statement and initiated an attack in the direction of His Tagher and Khtsaberd villages of Hadrut region of Artsakh.

As a result of the hours-long fighting, the adversary managed to enter His Tagher village and approach the outskirts of Khtsaberd. As a result of the military actions initiated by Azerbaijani provocation. the Armenian side left 6 injured, while the enemy suffered injured and killed troops.

Later, the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov stated that the Russian peacekeepers suppressed a ceasefire violation in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the situation in the region normalized.