First Deputy Minister of Defense David Tonoyan briefed OSCE CiO Personal Representatives Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk on details of the latest successful special operation the Armenian forces conducted to recover the bodies of the crewmembers of the Karabakh helicopter Mi-24 that was shot down by Azerbaijani forces, the Defense Ministry told ArmInfo.
The Azerbaijani armed forces downed an Armenian Mi-24 while it was conducting a training flight near the Line on Contact on 12 November. Three officers of the NKR Armed Forces, Sergey Sahakyan, Sargis Nazaryan and Azat Sahakyan, were on board. The Azeri officer that shot the helicopter down has been awarded a medal. On 22 November, the NKR Defense Army Special Forces recovered the body of a crewmember and the remains of the two pilots of Mi-24 helicopter that was downed by Azerbaijani forces on 12 November. The necessary wreckage was recovered too. Two Azerbaijani militaries were killed in the course of the special operation. The NKR Defense Army suffered no losses.