Military authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh Downed an Unpiloted Azerbaijani Plane

Military authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have reported downing an unpiloted plane that they say was on a reconnaissance mission for Azerbaijan inside the airspace of the Armenian republic.

The NKR Defense Army’s information and propaganda department said on Wednesday that the incident happened two days ago in Karabakh’s Martuni district and taking down the aircraft was due to special measures undertaken by anti-aircraft and radar units of the local defense army.

“Simultaneously with ceasefire violations along the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact the recent period has also seen a marked activity of the enemy’s air force,” the NKR Defense Army said in a press release, stressing the increased frequency of flights of unmanned aircraft of Azerbaijan’s air force along the entire perimeter of the line of contact, with some of them violating Karabakh’s airspace. At the same time, it is stressed that Karabakh’s anti-aircraft defense forces have taken corresponding steps to prevent such intrusions.

The NKR Defense Army says it has the parts of the downed plane and a special commission has been set up to investigate the case.

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