Citizens in the Armenian capital of Yerevan have organised and collected aid to send to the frontline during the recent clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.

Footage from September 29 shows residents crowded together filling and passing boxes of food and supplies.

The Nagorno-Karabakh territory has recently seen a surge in violence between the two nations, who have been in sporadic conflict since a truce in 1994.

Nagorno-Karabakh, known in Armenian as Artsakh, has been the object of a protracted conflict between two peoples of the South Caucasus since before the fall of the Soviet Union. The territory’s mostly Armenian inhabitants declared independence from Azerbaijan in late 1991, with Armenia’s support. Attempts by Azerbaijan to reimpose its authority led to a fight for ownership which turned into the bloodiest of the many conflicts that followed the fall of the Soviet Union.
A long-“frozen” conflict flared back to life this week. Dozens have been reportedly killed amid ongoing clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave of ethnic Armenians encircled by Azerbaijani territory. The new round of fighting that began over the weekend marks the bloodiest moment since the 1990s, when the two fledgling former Soviet states warred over disputed regions until a Russian-brokered cease-fire in 1994.
On the video you can see regular citizens of Yerevan, Armenia collecting food and other aid to be sent to Karabakh.