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Azerbaijan recognized that it is shot down a Russian helicopter and apologized, reports AFP.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that a Russian military helicopter was shot down in Armenia, two crew members were killed and another was injured, Reuters explains.
The agency explained that one of its helicopters The Mi-24 was shot down over Armenia to the border with the region.which belongs to Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani army is already on the outskirts of the capital Nagorno-Karabakh.
“The existence of the capital is already threatened”
The helicopter was shot down with portable anti-aircraft missile system, explained the Russian Defense Ministry.
The statement said that Russia’s military base in Armenia is investigating who is responsible for the downing of the helicopter.
Previously, the Azerbaijani army was reported to be on the outskirts of Stepanakert.
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The Karabakh conflict started in 1988when the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. During the armed confrontation in the period 1992-1994 Azerbaijan loses control of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven neighboring areas.
Another escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started on September 27th. Baku and Yerevan accused each other of bombings. The parties agreed three times to cease fire, but the fighting continues to this day.
All the participants announced a total or partial mobilization. There are civilian casualties.
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The situation is aggravated by the fact that Azerbaijan actively supported by Turkey, Member of NATO. In turn, Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), dominated by Russia.
The leaders of Russia, the United States and France have called on the conflicting parties to end the fighting and start the talks without preconditions.
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