The situation in Eurasia continues to escalate. This morning between the border guards of Dushanbe and Bishkek there were clashes with the use of military equipment and artillery.
Both sides, like Armenia and Azerbaijan, blame each other of opening the fire. Bishkek claims that Tajik border guards «in violation of the agreements» began shelling the Kok-Tash and Samarkandek outposts. And Dushanbe accuses the Kyrgyz border guards of shelling the Tajik outpost «Dushanbe», the city of Isfara, as well as the Surkh and Somoniyon villages.
There are 18 victims as a result of clashes on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border at the moment.
Residents of frontier villages were evacuated deep into the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
The border service of Kyrgyzstan said that the Tajik military use the Grad MLRS.
The military of Tajikistan, due to the situation on the border with Kyrgyzstan, was transferred to the barracks.
The parties agreed to a ceasefire from 13:00 Moscow time.