NKR Defense Army Special Forces have
recovered the body of a crewmember and the remains of the two pilots of Mi-24
helicopter that was downed by Azerbaijani forces on 12 November. The necessary
wreckage was recovered too.
The NKR Defense Army told ArmInfo the NKR Armed Forces
were reluctant to carry out a special operation to recover the remains of the
helicopter crew, given Azerbaijan's illogical official stand on the issue and
permanent intensive fire at the area of the wreckage. Two Azerbaijani
militaries were killed in the course of the special operation. The NKR Defense
Army suffered no losses.
To remind, the Azerbaijani armed forces downed an
Armenian Mi-24 while it was conducting a training flight near the Line on
Contact on 12 November. Three officers
of the NKR Armed Forces, Sergey Sahakyan, Sargis Nazaryan and Azat Sahakyan,
were on board. The NKR State Committee for POWs, Captives and the Missing has requested
the ICRC assistance in returning the crewmembers of the downed helicopter. The
Azeri officer that shot the helicopter down has been awarded a medal.