OSCE CiO Personal Representative Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk told reporters following the Tuesday monitoring of the Line of Contact of the Karabakh and Azerbaijani Armed Forces near Aghdam he wished to visit the crash site of the downed Armenian helicopter, but his field assistant from the Azerbaijani party cautioned him not to do that for security reasons. Therefore, Kasprzyk abandoned the idea and the monitoring was conducted in the area of Askeran as planned.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani party keeps shelling at the area where a Mi-24 helicopter fell down after it was shot by the Azerbaijani forces. The unarmed helicopter belonging to the NKR Armed Forces was making a training flight not far from the Line of Contact. The NKR has even applied to the ICRC for assistance in transferring the bodies of the three pilots. However, the ICRC representatives are not allowed to approach the wreckage for already five days.