Almost all media outlets, both state and opposition, as well as independent media approved actions of the Azerbaijani servicemen, an Azerbaijani journalist said.

Shahin Rzayev, representative of the IWPR Baku office, commented on the downing of the helicopter of Karabakh Armed Forces during a space bridge with Yerevan.

 Rzayev emphasized that Azerbaijani media were unanimous in their assessment of the incident.

 “Almost all media outlets gave a positive assessment. In fact there was a view that military drills were conducted above Azerbaijani positions. It was not a civilian, but military helicopter,” he said, stressing that “two of the three killed pilots are residents of Armenia, not Nagono-Karabakh”.