Ministry of Defense of Armenia: a Turkish fighter shot down an Armenian military plane on the territory of the country

The pilot died.

A Turkish F-16 fighter shot down an Armenian Air Force Su-25. about this on Facebook . wrote The press secretary of the head of the Armenian military department, Shushan Stepanyan,

“The multirole fighter F-16 of the Turkish Air Force, while performing a combat mission during anti-aircraft battles in the airspace of Armenia, struck an attack aircraft of the Armenian Air Force Su-25. The pilot, unfortunately, died heroically,” the message says.

Stepanyan added that the Turkish plane flew 60 kilometers deep into Armenian territory. He attacked the Su-25 at an altitude of 8200 meters. The fighter took off from the airfield of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja. He covered the actions of Azerbaijani aviation and drones, said . the department

Turkey denied the statement of the Armenian authorities. The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, Vagif Dargahly, called Yerevan’s message “another disinformation.”

Earlier on September 29, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said that Azerbaijan attacked the city of Vardenis in Armenia using a Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle, resulting in civilian casualties.

On September 27, the long-standing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated in Nagorno-Karabakh. The sides used artillery, tanks and aircraft - dozens of people, including civilians, have already died due to hostilities. Both countries declared martial law.

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