  Armenia downs Mi-24/35 Azeri helicopter east to Mount Mrav: official April 2, 2016 - 11:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Defense Ministry issued a statement on the destruction of an Azerbaijani helicopter on the Nagorno Karabakh contact line. According to Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the Mi-24/35 aircraft was shot down east to Mount Mrav. Mi-35 is the updated version of Mi-24. After 2010, Azerbaijan bought 24 units of Mi-35 aircraft from Russia, also acquiring 12 units of Mi24 helicopters from Ukraine. On the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh, using artillery, armored fighting vehicles and air force equipment among other weapons. Aside from the battles on the frontline, the rival has also carried out artillery strikes on civilian settlements and places of permanent deployment of several military units. On April 2, at around 8:30 am, the rival used BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the Martuni direction of the contact line. 12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was killed in the shelling, two more children were wounded. Read also:Azeri aggression fraught with unpredictable consequences: Armenia 12-year-old Armenian child killed, two more wounded in Azeri shelling   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
