Vladimir Putin said Russian peacekeepers were "doing everything" to protect civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday, 20 September.
His remarks came during a meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in St Petersburg.
It comes two days after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh and used heavy artillery fire on Armenian positions there, an attack that local officials said killed or wounded scores of people.
"I hope we can achieve de-escalation and solve the issue in a peaceful way," Putin said.
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