Russian helicopter Mi-24 shot down in the airspace of Armenia

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An attack helicopter Mi-24 of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot down in the airspace of Armenia. This is reported by the RF Ministry of Defense. The military department clarifies that the rotorcraft was hit from the ground near the village of Yeraskh.

On November 17.30 at about 102 Moscow time, accompanied by a convoy of the 24nd Russian military base through the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the airspace near the Armenian settlement of Yeraskh near the border of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (part of the Republic of Azerbaijan), the Russian Mi-XNUMX helicopter was subjected to fire from the ground from MANPADS

- said in the message of the Ministry of Defense.




As a result of the missile hit, the helicopter lost control and crashed in a mountainous area.

During the incident, two crew members were killed, one is in a moderate condition. At the moment, the command of the 102nd Russian military base is clarifying the identity of the persons who fired at the helicopter.
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    1. 0
      9 November 2020 19: 57
      Smolenka will express deep concern ...
    2. -8
      9 November 2020 20: 01
      Only the Armenians are profitable, the Azerbaijanis are not in any way profitable to touch the Russian Federation, so the Armenians may have shot down in order to drag the RF Armed Forces into the conflict in Karabakh ...
      1. 0
        9 November 2020 20: 02
        Are you holding us for full idiots? Or will the investigation not show which side the rocket came from?
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        1. 0
          9 November 2020 22: 01
          Yes, you are right, there is no need to rush to conclusions, the Azerbaijanis were shot down ... The conclusion is - no need to revolve around the places with hostilities ... It looks like the Malaysian MH-17 over Donbas was shot down, too, they considered it an enemy and shied away. There, the perpetrators of the dispatcher, who sent a civilian plane into the war zone, are now sending them to a long bypass ...
          1. -1
            9 November 2020 22: 25
            What are the fighting in Nakhichevan? There are no battles in this area. Where is Karabakh and where is Nakhijevan? But if you are so indecisive that your helicopters are shot down on the territory of an ally outside the combat zone, then maybe you really need to sit quieter than water below the grass? Do you need it? Just think, authority, helicopter, crew. Shot down the same Su 24 and Il-20 and nothing. You are no stranger.
      3. +1
        9 November 2020 20: 58
        Quote: Vladimir Tuzakov
        Of course, investigations are needed, but will they hardly find it ...

        Azerbaijan apologizes for downed Russian helicopter
        The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that a Russian military helicopter shot down Baku. This happened "in the light of the tense situation in the region and increased combat readiness in connection with possible provocations of the Armenian side," the ministry said.

        Azerbaijan "apologizes to the Russian side in connection with this tragic incident, which is of the nature of an accident."

        https://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/11/2020/5fa97b699a7947ff9daaa953
    3. +1
      9 November 2020 20: 16
      A couple of days ago, our guys again gouged the Turks, or their slippers. Maybe this is the revenge of the "Sultan"?
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        1. +2
          9 November 2020 20: 38
          such a turn does not exclude the "Sultan's ears" all the more.
          1. -7
            9 November 2020 20: 40
            Of course, it's a pity for the guys, but when we, the Armenians, spoke, asked, and shouted that the rogue was against us, you didn't really believe us. They scoffed as soon as they didn't call names. See now that we are not Russophobes or traitors? Are you convinced?
            1. 0
              10 November 2020 01: 07
              Your oligophrenic Pashinyan is no better than Turkey and Azerbaijan. It's time to ask you all home from the Russian Federation, the best prevention against Russophobia, otherwise they are stuck and insolent
              1. -2
                10 November 2020 17: 50
                It's really time for everyone to go home. They have no use for such ungrateful ones ... You will lay the asphalt in your city by yourself in the heat and cold.
                1. +3
                  3 December 2020 21: 35
                  All those who came in large numbers were expelled from the Khatkovo near Moscow. Locals immediately took over their jobs. It is you who need a piece of bread in Russia and your bare-assed independent republics of the former USSR, and Russia can live without you without straining.
                  1. -2
                    2 January 2021 12: 00
                    Flag in your hands, hell with two you will work for a penny instead of migrants.
    4. 0
      9 November 2020 20: 19
      Who benefits from? And how could Azerbaijan find out about the movement of the column? The helicopter definitely bore the identification marks of Russia. It is not profitable for Azerbaijan, but even very much for the Turkish militants. Many questions. If they want, ours will figure it out. Another thing is what to punish how?
      1. -6
        9 November 2020 20: 35
        https://www.interfax.ru/world/736317

        Azerbaijan apologizes for "accidentally shot down" Russian Mi-24

        Again you wanted to blame everything on a weak ally? Did not work out. Armenia did not confuse anything. We are not traitors and not suicides to shoot down equipment that was supposed to protect us.
      2. 0
        9 November 2020 20: 39
        Syria, Libya, Iraq, further wherever there are Turkish troops.
      3. -3
        9 November 2020 20: 51
        How? Very simply, you will stop buying tomatoes from the Turks, and pomegranates from their small brothers.
    5. DMU
      +2
      9 November 2020 20: 52
      Quote: Vladimir Tuzakov
      Only the Armenians are profitable, the Azerbaijanis are not in any way profitable to touch the Russian Federation, so the Armenians may have shot down in order to drag the RF Armed Forces into the conflict in Karabakh ...

      stop hiding behind Russian surnames Azerbaijanis !!!!!!!!!!!
    6. -6
      9 November 2020 21: 06
      Randomness. It is a pity for the guys that they died for the interests of others.
      This incident will not affect the situation in Karabakh in any way. There, the defense of the Armenians is crumbling. The sooner Armenia admits its defeat and withdraws its troops, the less blood there will be.
      In any case, Azerbaijan did not hide and try to hide the facts. There, from the border to the road fork, about 1 km. Plus it’s dark. I do not condone the calculation of air defense. They will definitely be punished.
      Azerbaijan has admitted its guilt and apologizes. For my part, I express my condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
      1. -2
        9 November 2020 21: 06
        Oh well. Do you think you can use an apology? Something you have become very insolent lately.
        1. -2
          9 November 2020 21: 07
          I didn’t get personal, Hai tribe. In addition to an apology, there will be everything that is required in such cases. And nothing more. Moreover, it is not for Yerevan to handle this incident.
          1. -6
            9 November 2020 21: 08
            Oh well. The Russian Ivan was flooded. Good luck to you. And you can say goodbye to independence, citizen of the Azerbaijani vilayet of New Osmania.
            1. -3
              9 November 2020 21: 09
              Do not worry. Baku and Moscow will solve their problems. Think how to get your feet out of Karabakh. The faster, the less blood there will be.
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                1. -2
                  9 November 2020 21: 34
                  These wet dreams are no longer funny. Azerbaijan is a completely sovereign state that solves its own problems. Unlike Armenia, which actually lost its statehood long ago. And your prime minister is absolutely right when he talks about the danger of losing statehood. He's only wrong about one thing. There is no such danger. Statehood has already been lost.
                  The territory, which is protected by another state, where the main economic objects belong to another state, and finances are more than half dependent on foreign receipts cannot be called a state in any way.
                  But you won't understand it. This is not for average minds.
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    7. 0
      9 November 2020 22: 57
      Quote: SONATA 2.0 LPG
      How? Very simply, you will stop buying tomatoes from the Turks, and pomegranates from their small brothers.

      We can decisively close the Food City market due to the coronavirus!
      1. -4
        9 November 2020 23: 26
        Is this from a series of asymmetric responses? Oh well.
    8. -2
      10 November 2020 03: 48
      Russian helicopter Mi-24 shot down in the airspace of Armenia

      - And Aliyev apologized ... - there was a "mistake" ...
      - Ha ... - it turns out that everything was filmed on camera ... - there is a video of the whole process ... - This is a "mistake" ... - everything is very carefully prepared and everything is very definitely savagely purposefully done ... - where to shoot ; who to shoot; and who to shoot ... - In other glories ... - Azerbaijan deliberately struck the positions of the Russian troops that are not at war with Azerbaijan and are not conducting any military operations with Azerbaijan ...
      - Personally, I can only express my opinion on this matter ... - Here it is:
      - Immediate delivery of missile strikes by Russia (even with Caliber) on the nearest Azerbaijani military airfields (at least one at a time), from where Azerbaijani UAVs took off; the immediate closure of all Food City in Russia; the immediate closure of the "Bakhtiyar" fruit and vegetable market trade and the deportation of these trade "bakhtiars" outside the territory of Russia ... - let them go to trade in Turkey ... - they will be very happy there ...
      - Then it will be possible to believe Aliyev; that he is very ashamed of the "mistake" he has made ... - And he is unlikely to want to be so "wrong" in the future ...
    9. 0
      10 November 2020 06: 42
      As always on the site, most of them were seriously mistaken. Hit the sky with your finger. To the very middle.
      Armenia withdraws troops from Karabakh. The hostilities cease. Peacekeeping troops are deployed to Karabakh. Russian. And who is in the black? Turkey or Russia?
      1. +1
        11 November 2020 16: 07
        Turkey and Azerbaijan are positive, they have the joy of victory. We have another headache. Our lads are at gunpoint. On both sides. Azerbaijanis went against Russia and won in Karabakh. They are Turkey's allies, not ours. Provocations are guaranteed. The Armenians are offended that the Russians did not intervene and will try to win back. Nichol snorted, did not wait, he does not wear a tie or does not matter
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    12. 0
      10 November 2020 23: 59
      Looked ukrokanaly today. How happy they are there.
    13. -2
      11 November 2020 14: 48
      Like Turkey, Azerbaijan shows us that it is not afraid of the Russians and does not value them. The destruction of a Russian helicopter is the cherry on top of Azerbaijan's victory cake. And each of us probably pondered, and how should the armed forces of the Russian Federation act in this situation. And it appears more and more often and the enemy becomes more and more arrogant. If they asked me, I would answer: I would strike back. And it doesn't matter what it is. A blow to their plane, helicopter, or a gas pipeline. I propose to vote. Question: What should the Russian Federation do in a situation when a Mi-24 VKS helicopter was shot down? Answer: 1. Strike back. 2. Look for the culprit. Who for the first answer presses plus for the comment, who for the second presses minus.
      1. 0
        12 January 2021 00: 40
        And another question. Why did it coincide that immediately after the shooting down of the helicopter an agreement was signed on the surrender of Shushi Nadrut and, in general, in fact, almost all of Karabakh?
    14. 0
      13 November 2020 08: 36
      And where are the glaring systems of ammunition with the seeker, which, according to the Zvezda TV channel, are on every Russian aircraft, praised by Podkopaev, which have no analogues in the world? Lies again?
    15. 0
      12 January 2021 00: 28
      In general, a strange story with this helicopter. Everything is very suspicious and strange. There are a lot of questions. Why was he shot down if he was on the territory of Armenia? Why did Russia accept Aliyev's apology so easily? Who got it down in the end? Names of names of appearance passwords? Why did they change the status of the charge and the article exactly now? Maybe they lie to us? Are they all lying? And Putin and Aliyev and the media?
    16. 0
      12 January 2021 00: 43
      How is the helicopter connected with the signing of the agreement on November 10. Obviously one is connected with the other. The helicopter is a clue to why all three gathered so quickly and signed an agreement at night on the surrender of Karabakh and the introduction of Russian peacekeepers?