More than 39,700 refugees have already returned to Nagorno-Karabakh to their places of permanent residence, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. .

566 people returned from Yerevan to Stepanakert on Tuesday, December 15. Buses carrying refugees back to their homes were accompanied by the patrol vehicles of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the military police.

The Russian peacekeepers conduct round-the-clock monitoring of the situation and control over the ceasefire at twenty-three observation posts.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side has returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities.