Armenian sources say Azerbaijan is conducting large scale air exercises

The Ministry of Defence of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has said that Azerbaijan was conducting large scale military aviation exercises around thirty kilometers away from the line of contact. The Armenian source claimed that as of 11.00 am local time on Wednesday (13 July) 12 aircraft and 41 helicopters were involved.

The statement was carried by the Armenian media, but there has been no report of the exercises on media in Azerbaijan so far.

source: commonspace.eu with armenpress.am

Photo: Azerbaijani aviation (archive picture)

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