Russian Military Helicopter Shot Down, 2 Dead; Azerbaijan Says Sorry

Tuesday, 10 November 2020Newsdesk
Russian Military Helicopter Shot Down, 2 Dead; Azerbaijan Says Sorry
Azerbaijan admitted on Monday it had shot down a Russian military helicopter on its border with Armenia and apologised.

New Delhi, 10 November 2020

As per news report of NDTV, two crew members were killed and a third was injured when the helicopter was shot down in Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan on Monday, the defence ministry in Moscow said. "The Azerbaijani side offers an apology to the Russian side in connection with this tragic incident," the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding the move was an accident and "not aimed against" Moscow. The foreign ministry said the helicopter flew at a low altitude during hours of darkness and close to the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. "Helicopters of the Russian air force had not been previously sighted in the area," the statement added.

Source -NDTV


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