The website of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was subjected to a DDoS attack. A statement about this appeared in the organization's Telegram channel.
The message says that the performance of the resource was broken on September 13 at about 23:00. “Unauthorized attempts to make changes to some informational messages” were also recorded, until 7:00 am on September 14 it was impossible to access the site. Now the website of the organization works partially.
Earlier, political scientist Arkady Dubnov told The Insider that during the aggravation of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, no one, including the CSTO, will come to the aid of the countries. According to him, Russia does not have the resources for peacekeeping, so officials only appeal to the heads of state to stop the escalation, and the public is concerned about what is happening in Ukraine.
On the night of September 13, the Armenian Defense Ministry announced shelling from Azerbaijan on Armenian positions using artillery, mortars and UAVs. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of the CSTO Security Council in the evening of the same day. A statement about this appeared on the Kremlin's website: "The meeting was held in the format of a videoconference and was devoted to the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border." On September 14, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan turned to the CSTO for help: "We asked for help, including military assistance, to restore the territorial integrity of Armenia and ensure the withdrawal of Azerbaijani armed forces from the territory of Armenia."
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denies information about its invasion and in response accuses Armenia of provocations and planting mines on the supply roads of Azerbaijani units. Both sides reported losses as a result of the fighting on the night of September 13: Azerbaijan – about 50 dead (42 soldiers of the Azerbaijani army and 8 border guards), Pashinyan at the beginning announced 49 dead, now the number has increased to 105.
The escalation of the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh took place on September 27, 2020. On the night of November 10, Pashinyan, together with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, adopted a tripartite statement on a ceasefire, the entry of peacekeepers into Nagorno-Karabakh and the transfer of a number of regions in the region to Azerbaijan. Against the background of this decision, protests began in Armenia for the resignation of Pashinyan, which resumed in the summer of 2022.