Armenia’s Armed Forces conduct dismissals after helicopter downing by Azerbaijan

Service investigation was held in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia after the downing of a helicopter by Azerbaijan during a training flight in Karabakh. In the result of the investigation, dismissals were held and people were fined. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan stated at the press conference, summarizing the works of the previous year, that a criminal case has been filed, which is in process.

«The guilt is not the helicopter staff's, which conducted a training flight with some deviation from the planned schedule, but the rival's, which pierced the helicopter, violating the ceasefire regime», ­ said the Minister, Armenpress reports.