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Monument to the officers of Russian helicopter "accidentally" shot down by Azerbaijan unveiled in Yeraskh

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Monument to the officers of Russian helicopter "accidentally" shot down by Azerbaijan unveiled in Yeraskh

Major Yuri Ishchyuk and Senior Lieutenant Roman Fedin were devoted servicemen who fell while fulfilling their allied obligations to ensure the security of the Republic of Armenia, ARMENPRESS reports Deputy Minister of the Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia Hovhannes Harutyunyan said during the solemn opening ceremony of the monument to the officers of the Russian helicopter shot down by Azerbaijan unveiled, in fact, questioning the claim of the Azerbaijani side that the shooting down of the Russian helicopter in the airspace of Armenia was "accidental".

“This tragic incident, which the Azerbaijani side calls "accidental," took place outside the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, where no military clashes have taken place. And today we are present at the opening of a monument, which eternalizes the memory of pilots Major Yuri V. Ishchyuk and Senior Lieutenant Roman V. Fedin, two devoted servicemen who fell while fulfilling allied obligations to ensure Armenia's security’’, the Deputy Minister said, expressing solidarity with the family members and relatives of the killed servicemen.

The opening ceremony of the monument took place in the village of Yeraskh, Ararat Province of the Republic of Armenia, on the initiative of the "MIR"...

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