Thursday, September 21 2023 14:47

ArmInfo. The commander of the corps of the Azerbaijani armed forces, whose subordinates are  guilty of the deaths of Russian peacekeepers, has been removed from duty, the first suspects in the crime have been detained, TASS reports, citing a source in the Russian security department.

<The commander of the corps of the Azerbaijani armed forces, whose  subordinates are guilty of the deaths of military personnel of the  Russian peacekeeping contingent, has been relieved of his duties. The  first suspects in the crime have been detained," the source said.

Yesterday, enemy forces attacked an RPC vehicle returning from a  patrol in Nagorno-Karabakh. All the peacekeepers in the car died.  According to the media, two deputy commanders of the RPC, a driver  and two ordinary peacekeepers were killed.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan called the Russian leader  and apologized for the incident, expressing his readiness to provide  financial assistance to the families of the victims.

This is not the first time that the enemy side, allegedly by mistake,  strikes at the Russian military. On November 9, 2020, the AR Armed  Forces shot down a Russian helicopter on the territory of the  Republic of Armenia, both pilots were killed. The enemy side then  also offered only nominal apologies. The perpetrators were not  brought to justice.