Today Azerbaijan employed Turkish F-16 multifunctional aircrafts in the northeastern and then southern directions of the Defense Army of Artsakh, Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
Azerbaijani forces continued attacking Artsakh at the entire length of the line of contact overnight September 29-30 but with lesser intensity than the previous day, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said at a news conference.
The Turkish air force appeared in Azerbaijan during the large-scale Turkish-Azerbaijani military drills held from July 29 to August 13 and, since then, has not been withdrawn from Azerbaijan, Armenia’s foreign ministry said in a statement, commenting on the Turkish involvement to ongoing Azerbaijani military operations against Artsakh and Armenia.
The Azerbaijani Air Force is delivering air strikes at Artsakh Defense Army positions, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said. She said Turkish-made combat UAVs are also deployed by the Azeri forces.
The Azerbaijani Air Force is delivering air strikes at the northern direction of the Artsakh Defense Army, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan said. He said Turkish-made UAVs and Turkish F-16 fighter jets are also airborne.
The UN Security Council called upon Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately stop hostilities, said Nigerien envoy to the United Nations, Abdou Abarry, who is the council’s president for the month of September, reports TASS.
The scope and military science components of the war that began as a result of the Azerbaijani military attacks are unprecedented, Armenian Defense Ministry representative and military science expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
Artillery firefights are taking place along the entire perimeter of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on social media.
When in 2015 Armenia went into a commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, there were skeptics, who cynically commented that history shall be left to historians.
Turkish air force F-16s have been deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh, the Armenian military said.
