Russia stated it was defending both peacekeepers and South Ossetian civilians who were Russian citizens. The soldiers disarmed the 12 peacekeepers at gunpoint. There are 70 Armenian soldiers serving in Kosovo as peacekeepers. MINUSTAH had over 9,000 uniformed peacekeepers deployed to the area. ECOWAS sent two battalions of Nigerian peacekeepers to Liberia. This caused Georgian peacekeepers and servicemen in the area to return fire. Annan called for 18,000 international peacekeepers in Darfur to replace the 7,000-man AMIS force. Self-Defense Forces have conducted overseas activities such as dispatching UN peacekeepers to Cambodia. Ten Belgian UN peacekeepers were also killed. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti prepared its 1,000 peacekeepers and engineers to assist. The mission had an authorized strength of 25,987 uniformed peacekeepers on 31 July 2007. At least 12 of the dead U.N. peacekeepers were Tanzanians. Two months later, Ahkna helps lead the war effort against the Peacekeepers. The ten Belgian peacekeepers assigned to her protection were also murdered. Currently there are more than 1,000 UN peacekeepers there trying to sustain a lasting peace.