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Armenia: Turkey shot down our fighter jet;
Azerbaijan: It crashed
In Armenia it was said that the pilot was killed after a Turkish F-16 plane shot him down in Bangorno-Karbach.
Ankara is denied, and Baku claims two Armenian planes crashed.
The fighting has entered its fourth day, and more than a hundred have been killed, France and Turkey are exchanging diplomatic blows, and Armenia is refusing Russian-mediated talks.
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Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 13:44
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In the video: The battles between Armenia and Azerbaijan (Photo: Reuters)
Armenia released pictures today (Wednesday) of the remains of a fighter jet that it claims was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet during the fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Azerbaijan, and an ally of Turkey, have denied that an F-16 Turkish fighter jet shot down an Armenian SU-25 fighter jet.
According to the Armenian Ministry of Defense, the pilot of the plane was killed in the incident.
Azerbaijan said today that two Armenian fighter jets had crashed, accusing Yarban of lying.
The fighting between Azerbaijan and the separatist Armenian forces in the enclave has entered its fourth day, the worst outbreak of the conflict since the 1994 ceasefire. For talks with Azerbaijan during the ongoing fighting.
More than a hundred people, including civilians, have been killed since the beginning of the first round of fighting, which has spread beyond the borders of the mountainous enclave.
The confrontation could develop into an all-out war between the two former Soviet republics, which could pull the regional powers Turkey and Russia.
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Day 3 of the clashes: Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh extends to Azerbaijan and Armenia
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Remains of the Armenian plane, which Yarban claims was shot down by Turkey (Photo: Reuters)
Since the beginning of the fighting, Armenia, whose majority of its citizens are Christians, and Azerbaijan, whose majority of its citizens are Muslims, have declared general conscription and military rule in parts of their territories.
Armenia has banned men aged 18 and over from leaving the country without a permit.
Turkey openly supports Azerbaijan, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on the day that Ankara stands by it "by all means and with all its heart."
He did not directly address the allegations of the Armenian Turkish support for direct military experts, drones and fighter jets. Yerevan also claimed that Turkey flight of thousands of Syrian Kurds, and some of them have confirmed this in a conversation with Reuters. Azerbaijan denies this.
Turkish Foreign Minister acorn Czech Bushuelo reiterated Ankara's support for Baku today, saying that Turkey would "do the right thing" when asked if it would offer military aid to Azerbaijan, if it so requested.
Turkey's militant stance on the enclave, which operates as a de facto independent but unrecognized entity By no country in the world and considered part of Azerbaijan, worries some NATO members.
Chebushalou attacked France, in whose territory many civilians of Armenian descent live, and said that its solidarity with Armenia was equal to supporting the Armenian occupation.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who often confronts Erdogan about a series of crises around the world, attacked back.
During a visit to Latvia, Macron said that France was "very concerned" about belligerent declarations from Turkey, which in fact remove all inhibitions from the re-occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan. And we will not accept that. "
The map of the fighting
The mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh was cut off from Azerbaijan in the 1990s after a war in which an estimated 30,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
This is the most extensive round since.
During the clashes today, Armenian media reported three civilians killed and several wounded by shelling in the town of Martkart in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan said 14 Azerbaijani civilians had been killed since the fighting began on Sunday, and released records of artillery shelling on the separatist region.
In the Azeri town of Tartar, residents were documented hiding in excavations, and buildings that residents say were hit by Armenian shells.
Azerbaijan said ethnic separatist forces had tried to recapture lost territories with a counterattack, but its forces repulsed them.
Armenia said the Azeri army shelled the entire front line during the night, and that two Azeri drones were shot down over Stefankart, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.
At the same time, the Armenian prime minister spoke with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, whose country shares borders with both Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Armenian government said Rouhani had expressed concern over the growing tensions, but did not provide further details, and
Pashinian said he was not currently considering seeking Russia's help in a security alliance formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but he did not deny it. Vladimir Putin did not discuss the possibility of Russian military intervention during their telephone conversation yesterday.The Kremlin said today that the Russian military, which has forces in Armenia, is closely monitoring developments.
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