The local people are experiencing shortages of food. There have been no vegetables or fruits for weeks now. There are other problems with medical supplies. If you go to the local drugstore, you cannot even get elementary painkillers, not to mention drugs that are needed for those who have cancer, for example, or diabetes.
In addition, almost half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population lives in Stepanakert. You can see very long lines of people in front of the stores who are trying to buy at least eggs or some cheese brought from the villages because they don't have any other food coming to Nagorno-Karabakh because of the blocked road.
In addition to that, the locals on the ground have started experiencing problems with heating. The gas comes and goes. Again, the gas pipeline and electric lines are on the Azerbaijani-controlled territory. Because of that, people have a shortage of basic food. They have no medical supplies, and in addition to that they are just freezing. This is winter and these are mountains.