STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army’s press service commented on Monday’s shooting down of an Azerbaijani drone flying through NKR air space.

“In parallel with the ceasefire violation at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani forces, the adversary’s air force is likewise considerably active in recent periods, and it carries out educational-military as well as reconnaissance flights.

According to the Defense Army’s latest data, in recent days the adversary’s drones carry out fairly frequent reconnaissance flights along the entire length of the border zone, and, in some cases, violate Artsakh’s air space. The Defense Army’s air defense servicemen have confirmed about such flights in the past 10 days, and corresponding preventive measures are taken. On September 12 at 7:30 a.m., in particular, and as a result of the special measures taken by the Defense Army’s Air Defense and Radio Electronics subdivisions, a drone from the Azerbaijani air force was disabled nearby Vazgenashen village of Martuni region. Parts of the downed plane are kept at the Defense Army’s respective services. A commission is formed to study the details of the incident, and an investigation is underway,” NKR Defense Army’s press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.