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A Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down an Armenian SZU-25 fighter jet from Azerbaijan’s airspace, the Armenian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. According to the military ministry, the pilot of the Armenian Air Force plane lost his life.
A Turkish F-16 took off from the Azerbaijan airport in Azerbaijan to support strikes by Azerbaijani fighter jets and drones in Vardenis, Mec, Masrik and Scotland in Armenia and fired at the Armenian plane in Armenian airspace, according to the telegram. . office. On Monday, Yerevan envisioned deploying Iskander’s operational tactical missile systems if Turkey deployed F-16s in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Ankara, on the other hand, denied that a Turkish F-16 fighter had fired an Armenian fighter jet from Azerbaijani airspace.
Armenia declared a state of emergency and ordered full mobilization
Battles between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh case resumed on Sunday. Turkey supports Baku and Yerevan is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ODKB), as are Russia and Kazakhstan. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for an immediate ceasefire on Tuesday and expressed concern about growing hostility between the parties.
Nagorno-Karabakh was separated from Azerbaijan as a result of the 1992-1994 war with the support of Armenia. 30,000 people lost their lives in the conflict and hundreds of thousands were forced to flee. The provincial parliament declared the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1996, but this has not been recognized by any country, not even Armenia. Azerbaijan continues to regard the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave as its own territory, as does Armenia in practice. The ceasefire that has been in force since 1994 is regularly violated by both sides.
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