"EU Observers Face Hostilities on Azerbaijan Border, Officials Confirm"
EU observers from the civilian monitoring mission in Armenia were caught in a firefight along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, contradicting earlier denials by the EU mission. Armenia's defense ministry reported that gunfire from Azerbaijani positions targeted the EU observers and their vehicle, while Azerbaijan's defense ministry denied the reports. The EU monitors were deployed to observe the tense frontier following a brief war between the two countries last year. The United Nations Security Council will hear an appeal from Armenia regarding the humanitarian crisis in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, and Russia's foreign minister has called for deescalation and the unblocking of humanitarian routes.