Defence Ministry: Azerbaijan downs Armenian UAV
By Aisha Jabbarova
Azerbaijani army units have downed a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "X-55" belonging to Armenia, the Defence Ministry’s website reported on July 16.
The ministry said that on July 16 in the morning, the units of
the armed forces of Armenia, using the UAV, attempted to carry out
a reconnaissance flight over the positions of the units of
Azerbaijan Army in the direction of the Tovuz district of the
Azerbaijan-Armenia state border.
“Due to the vigilance of our units, the enemy’s UAV was immediately
detected and destroyed, the ministry said.
Eearlier, head of the press office of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Vagif Dargahli denied as “fake” Armenian Defense Ministry’s claim that 13 Azerbaijani UAVs have been allegedly shot down during the fighting in the Tovuz direction.
"We declare that all UAVs owned by units of the Azerbaijani army are in service, and none of them were shot down," Darghli told Trend.
__
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNews
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!