Turkey Denies That Its F-16 Downed Armenian Su-25 Fighter Amid Tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh

Fahrettin Altun, a representative of Turkey’s president, has denied that a Turkish aircraft downed the Armenian plane. Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry has also denied the incident.

“The information of Armenian media is a lie and yet another fantasy of the Armenian military propaganda machine”, head of the ministry’s press service, Vagif Dargyahly said.

Previously, Yerevan stated that an Armenian Su-25 jet had been downed by a Turkish F-16 warplane in Armenia’s airspace. According to preliminary reports, the attack was carried out from Azerbaijani airspace.

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