02:28Nagorno-Karabakh: First Russian military medical units arrive in Stepanakert
First Russian military medical units arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh's de-facto capital of Stepanakert to assist the peacekeeping contingent and local residents on Sunday.
More than 60 medical specialists, including surgeons, anaesthesiologists and resuscitators, therapists and epidemiologists were transported from Khabarovsk through Yerevan to the region.
A field hospital equipped with all the necessary equipment has been set up on the arrival.
"There are 40 beds in the hospital, most of which belong to the surgical and therapist units. There is as well a number of experts in eye, ear and throat diseases," said Yaroslav Ivanov, the head of the medical service unit.
Following more than six weeks of hostilities, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russia-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9.
Under the terms of the deal, 1,960 Russian peacekeepers will be deployed in the region to monitor the ceasefire.
02:28First Russian military medical units arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh's de-facto capital of Stepanakert to assist the peacekeeping contingent and local residents on Sunday.
More than 60 medical specialists, including surgeons, anaesthesiologists and resuscitators, therapists and epidemiologists were transported from Khabarovsk through Yerevan to the region.
A field hospital equipped with all the necessary equipment has been set up on the arrival.
"There are 40 beds in the hospital, most of which belong to the surgical and therapist units. There is as well a number of experts in eye, ear and throat diseases," said Yaroslav Ivanov, the head of the medical service unit.
Following more than six weeks of hostilities, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russia-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9.
Under the terms of the deal, 1,960 Russian peacekeepers will be deployed in the region to monitor the ceasefire.