The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and the Missing Persons on Thursday petitioned to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) mission in the NKR.

The state agency appealed to the ICRC in connection with the unarmed helicopter that was shot down by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

The commission noted that Azerbaijan keeps under fire the location where the helicopter had crashed, not allowing to determine the fate of the three crew members of the helicopter.

The NKR State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and the Missing Persons asked the ICRC to assist in determining the location of the helicopter crew and returning them.

An 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.