Sarah Rainsford
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Sarah Rainsford Life story
Sarah Elizabeth Rainsford is a BBC foreign correspondent who has reported from Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Turkey, Cuba, Afghanistan and Iraq while working for the BBC since 1999.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenians rush to help ‘brothers and sisters'
...By Sarah Rainsford in Goris & Kornidzor, ArmeniaBBC NewsEvery hour, the number of people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh climbs even further...
Nagorno-Karabakh: Almost 30,000 refugees have fled to Armenia
...By Sarah Rainsford in Goris, Armenia & Antoinette Radford in LondonBBC NewsThe number of people who have fled Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia has risen to nearly 30,000, a day after a massive fuel blast killed at least 68 people...
Ukraine war: Poland security patrols on high alert at Belarus border
...By Sarah Rainsford, BBC Eastern Europe correspondentKrynki, Poland-Belarus borderThe prospect of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group moving to Belarus as part of the deal struck to end their mutiny has made Poland extra wary of its neighbour...
Wagner mutiny: Group fully funded by Russia, says Putin
...By Sarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe correspondent & Kathryn Armstrongin Warsaw and LondonRussia s president has said members of the Wagner mercenary group were fully funded by the state...
Ukraine war: The mothers going to get their children back from Russia
...By Sarah RainsfordBBC Eastern Europe correspondent, UkraineWhen 15-year-old Sasha Kraynyuk studied the photograph handed to him by Ukrainian investigators, he recognised the boy dressed in Russian military uniform immediately...
Russia detains US journalist Evan Gershkovich on suspicion of spying
... Independent journalists were labelled " foreign agents" and BBC Russia correspondent Sarah Rainsford was expelled from the country...
Archbishop of Canterbury: Russian invasion must not succeed
...By Sarah Rainsford in Bucha and Andre Rhoden-Paul in LondonBBC NewsThe Archbishop of Canterbury has said Ukraine must not be forced to accept a peace deal with Russia, whilst on a visit to the war-torn nation...
Krasovsky: Russia bans 'burn Ukrainian kids' TV presenter
... BBC Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford tweets that hate speech is now the norm on Russian state TV when it comes to Ukraine, and Krasovsky is just the tip of the iceberg...
Nagorno-Karabakh: Almost 30,000 refugees have fled to Armenia
By Sarah Rainsford in Goris, Armenia & Antoinette Radford in LondonBBC News
The number of people who have fled Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia has risen to nearly 30,000, A Day after a massive fuel blast killed at least 68 people.
Many blast victims were refilling their cars to leave Karabakh after Baku claimed control. Nearly 300 more were injured and 105 are missing.
Armenia 's Prime Minister said " ethnic cleansing" was under way in the area, which houses 120,000 ethnic Armenians.
Thousands were subject to rigorous checks from Azerbaijani border control.
Azerbaijani authorities claimed to be looking for " War Crimes " suspects, And One government source told Agence France Presse news agency that the country intended to apply an " amnesty to Armenian fighters who laid down their arms in Karabakh".
" But those who committed War Crimes during the Karabakh wars must be handed over to us, " They said.
The only road connecting Armenia to The Enclave remains backed up with hundreds of cars and buses, filled with ethnic Armenians trying to reach The Town of Goris across The Border .
A BBC team saw families crammed into cars, boots overflowing and roof-racks piled high with belongings. Convinced They are leaving their homes for good, people are squeezing as much of their lives as possible into their vehicles.
Inside Goris, a Small Town that is the same Dusty Brown as the jagged mountains that surround it, The Narrow streets are filled with more cars and more families. One has arrived in a car held together with little More Than sticking tape, its side badly dented and dotted with shrapnel holes, and windows smashed.
The owner tells The Bbc it was hit by mortar fire when Azerbaijan launched a lightning assault to take control of the region last week. " But it still got us here, " he smiles, surrounded by small children.
On the main Town Square , people mill around, unsure what to do next. Volunteers hand out some basic food and blankets.
Evacuees are registered and there is the occasional bus to move people on to another town or village. But few seem to have a plan, beyond getting this far.
For Two Days last week, Malina and her family all huddled in their cellar as their village was Under Fire . After the Karabakh forces surrendered, Malina says The Local authorities told everyone to leave for Armenia , for safety. Their village in the Martakert region of Nagorno-Karabakh is now empty.
Malina says her family left because - Whatever the Assurances - They would not feel safe under Azerbaijani rule.
That sentiment is echoed by many others watching The Situation unfold.
On Tuesday, US Secretary of state Antony Blinken urged Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev to provide " unconditional protections and freedom of movement for civilians" and called for " unhindered humanitarian access to Nagorno-Karabakh".
UN-Secretary General Antonio Guterres also called for both sides to respect Human Rights .
So Far , only one aid delivery of 70 tonnes of food has been allowed through since separatists accepted a ceasefire and agreed to disarm. Azerbaijan announced that another aid convoy, with 40 tonnes of flour and badly-needed hygiene products, was on its way to The Enclave .
Ethnic Armenian leaders say thousands are without food or shelter and sleeping in basements, School Buildings or outside.
The Armenian health ministry said it was sending helicopters to evacuate patients from the region's strained hospitals. Azerbaijan also said it had sent medical supplies.
On Tuesday, envoys from Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Brussels for European Union-backed talks.
It was the First Time diplomatic negotiations have been held between the Two Countries since Azerbaijan seized The Enclave last week.
Azerbaijan has also started separate negotiations with Karabakh's ethnic Armenian authorities about the region's future.
Nagorno-Karabakh - a mountainous region in The South Caucasus - is recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan, But has been controlled by ethnic Armenians for three decades.
The Enclave has been supported by Armenia - But also by its ally, Russia, which has had a peacekeeping mission there for The Past three years.
Five Russian peacekeepers were killed - alongside at least 200 ethnic Armenians and dozens of Azerbaijani soldiers - as Azerbaijan's army swept in last week.
On Sunday, Azerbaijan's defence ministry said it had confiscated more military equipment, including a large number of rockets, artillery shells, mines and ammunition.
Armenia -Azerbaijan: Nagorno-Karabakh mapRelated TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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