Kremlin brokers ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Azeris celebrate an end to the conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory. ARIF HUDAVERDI YAMAN/ANDALU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES. Russia is deploying thousands of soldiers as a peacekeeping force to Nagorno-Karabakh after the Kremlin brokered a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Moscow will deploy almost 2,000 troops, 90 armoured personnel carriers, and 380 vehicles and pieces of other military hardware to the region, the defence ministry said, and state media aired footage of Russia’s 15th Motorised Rifle Brigade heading into Nagorno-Karabakh.