This Sunday “will go down in history as the day of the glorious victory,” Mr. Aliyev said in a statement announcing the capture of Shusha, which Armenians call Shushi. Armenian officials denied that the city had fallen into Azeri hands and dismissed Mr. Aliyev’s announcement as propaganda ahead of Monday’s Flag Day celebrations in Azerbaijan marking the adoption of the national tricolor on Nov. 9, 1918. “Shushi remains the unattainable pipe dream for Azerbaijan, the Armenian Defense Ministry said. “Despite heavy destruction, the fortress city withstands the blows of the adversary.” Whether the city has fallen or not, acknowledgment by both sides that intense combat was taking place close to Stepanakert indicated that Azeri forces have advanced well into Nagorno-Karabakh , which was almost fully under Armenian control when fighting began six weeks ago . Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia on Sunday. Photo: […]