Armenian Defense Ministry hints at big losses in the Azerbaijani army due to the special operation of NKR Defense Army Special Forces, which retrieved the bodies of the pilots of the downed helicopter.
On his Facebook page, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Spokesman for the Armenian Defense Minister, says that the commander of the Azerbaijani brigade has been dismissed due to the losses. 'I wonder whether he has been dismissed because of the losses or because they downed the helicopter>, says Hovhannisyan.
To note, the NKR Defense Army Special Forces have 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.
To remind, 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.