“On October 17, at around 11:11, a Su-25 aircraft belonging to the Armenian armed forces, which was attempting to launch airstrikes on the positions of our units in the Jabrayil direction, was destroyed by the accurate fire of our Air Defense Units,” the statement said.

Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces erupted in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 27.

Azerbaijani and Armenian sides agreed to start substantive talks over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday.

The ceasefire started at noon on October 10, according to a document agreed upon by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian foreign ministers in Moscow.

However, Armenia Army has continued its attacks in violation of temporary humanitarian truce. (ILKHA)