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The Lachin corridor blockade

Dec 2022 – Sep 2023 Lachin corridor

What happened

Azerbaijani government-aligned activists, later replaced by a formal checkpoint, block the only road between Armenia and the remnant Armenian-populated zone of Karabakh. Food, fuel and medicine degrade over nine months despite ICJ provisional orders to reopen the route; Russian peacekeepers nominally responsible for the corridor do not reopen it.

The blockade demonstrated that the 2020 guarantees were unenforceable and softened the enclave for the September 2023 offensive — a siege conducted below the threshold that would trigger anyone's intervention.

Confidence: High

WhenDec 2022 – Sep 2023
WhereLachin corridor
KindHumanitarian · Political
ArenaArmenia–Azerbaijan / Karabakh legacy
Confidence: High Sources: International Crisis Group↗ · Reuters↗ · International Committee of the Red Cross↗ Methodology Corrections

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