"The incident is not directed against Russia": Azerbaijan admitted that it shot down a Russian helicopter

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"The incident is not directed against Russia": Azerbaijan admitted that it shot down a Russian helicopter

Official Baku acknowledged that the Russian Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by the Azerbaijani side. This is stated in the statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

The foreign ministry of the republic said that the helicopter was shot down by accident, Azerbaijan expresses its condolences, apologizes to the Russian side and is ready to pay compensation. At the same time, it is emphasized that this incident is in no way directed against Russia.



The Azerbaijani side apologizes to the Russian side in connection with this tragic incident, which is accidental and was not directed against the Russian side.

- said in a statement.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry explained that the Russian helicopter flew in close proximity to the Azerbaijani-Armenian border during active hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The helicopter flight took place in the dark, at low altitude and outside the radar detection zone of air defense equipment. (...) Russian helicopters have not previously been seen in the area where the incident occurred

- said in a statement.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the loss of the Mi-24 helicopter, which accompanied the convoy of the 102nd Russian military base through the territory of Armenia in the airspace near the Armenian settlement of Yeraskh near the border of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. The helicopter was shot down by MANPADS in the airspace of Armenia outside the combat zone.

As a result of the missile hit, the helicopter lost control and fell in a mountainous area on the territory of Armenia. Two crew members died, one was evacuated with moderate injuries to the home airfield

- said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The footage is presented, the signature of which claims that they are the very same attack on the Russian rotorcraft:


If this video is indeed from the place of the strike on the Russian Mi-24, then the question arises: what is the reason for the fact that the cameraman pointed the lens in advance to where the rocket eventually hit the helicopter?

Baku does not specify what caused the Azerbaijani mistake. According to the latest information, "could have been mistaken for an Armenian Air Force helicopter."

Now it is worth waiting for the comments of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Foreign Ministry on what happened - I mean Moscow's reaction to the recognition by the Azerbaijani side.
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  1. Vladimir Elderly Rank
    Vladimir Elderly
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    10 November 2020 16: 12
    Putin V.V. How long can you tolerate these antics of Turkish idiots? May be enough? You are the leader of the Russians, so stop putting up with this garbage? Do you respect your people?
    1. Viktor Afanasev Rank
      Viktor Afanasev
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      10 November 2020 19: 21
      I think this has been a rhetorical question for a long time...
    2. Viktor Afanasev Rank
      Viktor Afanasev
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      10 November 2020 19: 26
      And do you really think that Putin considers the Russian people HIS???
    3. Viktor Afanasev Rank
      Viktor Afanasev
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      10 November 2020 19: 47
      I will quote the words of an intelligent person: “Erdogan is a friend of Putin, but an enemy of Russia”
  2. Zaurbek Rank
    Zaurbek
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    10 November 2020 20: 15
    When people are sure that their soldiers will be killed for shooting down a Russian vehicle (guaranteed), and then they will accept apologies......there will be fewer mistakes.
  3. Radical Rank
    Radical
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    11 November 2020 20: 38
    Quote: lexus
    For the loss of the helicopter, the death of two people and the injury of one of the crew members, including the base command, which did not ensure the safety of the departure, should be held responsible.

    And not only that... . hi
  4. Radical Rank
    Radical
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    11 November 2020 20: 40
    Quote: Moonsund
    What difference does it make who filmed, what appeared and why they shot it down? The result is important, but it will be no good. We passed with the Turks, why won’t it work here? There are so many unnecessary words about “Russian little heads”, no one wanted to give a damn, there are so many of them, “accidental”, in the Kremlins, dinner is on schedule, expensive watches, the organized crime group will not give it away, but the prestige of the country, well, those words are only for hypers for internal use, so to speak. For those who are not very smart and thoughtful: this is not a call to bomb Baku, there should be punishment, sanctions, the expulsion of a significant number of representatives from Moscow, a blow to their business, something like that. Civilized and cruel. But no, alas, we need to fight for the Fatherland, but here we have our own ass in diamonds and ruby ​​stars

    I agree one hundred percent, respect! sad hi
  5. Radical Rank
    Radical
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    11 November 2020 23: 06
    Quote: Vladimir Elderly
    Get off the “battle sofa” yourself, clown! Why didn't you go to fight? The point has skyrocketed!

    Are you already there, in the trench? Doesn't the coat (or jacket) of the order-medal delay? sad
  6. AGGURD
    AGGURD
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    18 November 2020 01: 05
    Quote: Pavlos Melas
    You know, for 25 years we have been patiently asking ... to shut up and hand over the land ... in response ... to insult and threats ... but what if we don't give it up ...? There was everything on all kinds of programs about our warnings ... we did it a couple of times for reference .. but no one believed it ... well then we did what we said ...

    Here you can't argue with you, you need to return it
    and without any help, although they attribute almost the entire Muslim and terrorist world in our ranks ... even Iran to us

    Well, Turkey was in Karabakh, whatever you say, and most likely the Turkomans were there too. It does not matter that you went to the goal who helped you does not matter.
    Only this article is almost about this, but about the killed pilots far from the fighting.
    how the April battles were trial for Armenians so for others this war was a trial ...
    I generally find it difficult to comment on this. laughing ... Announce the entire list please hi

    there is no list and there cannot be, thank the Almighty, only friends, but there are people or countries who will think that they are gigimons, they are big and that we should be afraid and they can show off, threaten us or insult or poke us... we seem to treat and communicate with respect and let's put peaceful notes