Azerbaijan fires down Armenian Su-25 fighter jet

BAKU – Azerbaijan has shot down a Su-25 fighter plane Armenia Saturday morning. This was announced by the local Yerevan-based Ministry of Defense.

“On October 17, at 11.11 local time, the Azerbaijani air defense unit destroyed an Su-25 aircraft belonging to the Armed Forces of Armenia, which was trying to attack the positions of the Azerbaijani army units towards the Jabrayil region” the ministry said in a statement quoted by the news agency. TASS, Sunday (10/18/2020). (Read: Turkish F-16 fighter jet fires falling Su-25 Armenia, Azerbaijan takes on the talk)

However, the Armenian Defense Ministry denied Baku’s statement, calling it disinformation. “Statement from the Ministry of Defense Azerbaijan that on October 17 they shot down an Armenian Su-25 is another misinformation, “said Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Shushan Stepanyan.

Earlier, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced that its armed forces had secured “advantageous” positions at the front. According to the ministry, the Armenian army has “violently violated” a humanitarian ceasefire since Saturday morning with an increase in attacks in the Terter, Aghdam, Barda and Aghjabadi regions.

Azerbaijan also liberated the city of Fuzuli and several surrounding villages from Armenian occupation on Saturday.

Hours before the downing of the Su-25 fighter jet, Armenia launched a missile attack on Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second largest city. This missile attack killed at least 13 civilians, including two children, and injured more than 40 more. More than 20 houses were also destroyed. (Read also: This is the appearance of an Armenian Su-25 said to have been shot down by a Turkish F-16)

The missile attack is Armenia’s second-deadliest attack in less than a week in Ganja, an area far from the front lines with a population of half a million.

Since new clashes broke out between the two countries on September 27, Armenia has continued its attacks against civilians and troops. Azerbaijan.

An Azerbaijani official said that by Saturday afternoon, Armenia had killed at least 60 Azerbaijani civilians and injured 270 others.

The attorney general’s office said the number of houses damaged in the Armenian attack reached 1,704 units, along with 90 residential buildings and 327 civilian facilities.

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