Fleeing bombs and death, Karabakh Armenians recount visceral fear and hunger

People, including refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region, walk in a street upon their arrival in the town of Goris, Armenia, September 24, 2023. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

GORIS, Armenia (Reuters) - After the village was bombed so hard there was no way to bury the truckloads of dead, he fled with his family and stuffed whatever possessions could be salvaged into two vans.

Petya Grigoryan is one of the first ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to make it to Armenia after a lightning 24-hour Azerbaijani military operation defeated the Karabakh Armenian forces.