According to Kantsasar newspaper, those killed were identified as Malkon Palian, his brother Zhirair Palian and Harutyun Sargisian.

The ANCA-ER rep. Armen Sahakyan urged greater international effort to end the violence against these beleaguered communities.

A source, who did not wish to be named, said there had been no agreement for Russian vehicles to cross into Ukraine.

“There is no alternative to the peaceful settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh,” Mirzoyan said.