When war besieges the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (Karabakh), writer and photographer Lika takes cover in a bunker | dG1fVW02ckZmbTk2NU0
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00:00Day one.
00:12Today in Stepanakert, we woke up to the sound of an explosion.
00:18That is why I'm writing to you from a bunker.
00:21The world needs to know what is happening here.
00:24Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the brink of war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
00:29Karabakh is not Armenia.
00:31Karabakh is Azerbaijan.
00:33How many times do I have to tell you?
00:35I've been in this basement for 30 years.
00:38And so a small, unrecognized republic of Christian Armenians prepares to fight back
00:43against a powerful, oil-rich dictatorship.
00:47The best thing is that we will win.
00:52We will win.
00:53We will win.
00:54We will win.
00:55We will win.
00:57Armenians from all over the world are standing up to defend Artsakh.
01:03But while Armenians are winning the war of goodwill, can they win in the halls of power?
01:08In this war between two post-Soviet states, there are other interested parties.
01:16Today, the cathedral of Shushi was bombed.
01:19Azerbaijan is bombing the church, our churches, our civilians.
01:26It's an attack!
01:30Attack!
01:31Yes!
01:37Get out of the way!
01:51Will you read my words?
01:54Will you see these pictures?
01:58Or are we invisible?