Ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire - 24 hours after Azerbaijan began an offensive to take control of the enclave.
A former top official in the ethnic Armenian administration said close to 100 people had been killed and hundreds more injured.
Separatist Armenian forces in Karabakh said Azerbaijan had broken through their lines and seized a number of heights and strategic road junctions.
The self-styled Republic of Artsakh said in such circumstances it had no choice but to cease hostilities from 1pm local time today.
"The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh accept the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to cease fire," it said.
"With the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, an agreement was reached on the complete cessation of hostilities from 13.00 on 20 September, 2023."
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