BATTLE RAGES AS PUTIN, ERDOGAN SPLIT ON TRUCE

Fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces raged for a second day as Russia and Turkey took sharply different positions on ending the conflict in the volatile region.

While Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s spokesman urged the sides Monday to “immediately cease” violence and resume talks over the territory of Nagorno- Karabakh, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan endorsed his ally Azerbaijan’s military campaign.