Armenian rioters storm government offices after Yerevan's "capitulation."

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-backed ceasefire agreement early Tuesday, ending weeks of fighting in the autonomous Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The announcement sparked outrage in Armenia, with a protest gathering outside of government buildings in Yerevan. Furious rioters broke in, smashed windows and ransacked offices.

Protesters also took over the parliament building and called for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.

"I have signed a statement with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on the termination of the Karabakh war," Pashinyan said. He called the move "unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people.”

"I have taken this decision as a result of an in-depth analysis of the military situation," he added.

"An iron hand forced him to sign this document," Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said on television. "This is essentially a capitulation." Read more at i24