OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick has called upon the parties in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to avoid escalation of the situation. 

“A wider conflict in Nagorno-#Karabkh is in no one’s interest. The sides should avoid further escalation and reject war as an option,” Warlick tweeted.

A Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Air Force helicopter was shot down on Wednesday, and as a result of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani armed forces. The helicopter was downed during a training flight in the airspace of the eastern sector of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact. As a result, three pilots were killed: The commander of the helicopter, Major Sergey Sahakyan, and Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan and Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan.