The recovery of the downed Armenian helicopter’s crew as a result of special military operations is a serious blow to Azerbaijan’s military leadership, David Sanasaryan, an expert in Azerbaijani studies, wrote in a post on Facebook, condemning the Azerbaijani aggression.

“This is a blow to Azerbaijan’s military leadership. Hitting a plane not waiting an attack with a self-guided missile from a close distance is an act requiring no special manliness or military courage,” he said, describing the attack as an act tantamount to a military humiliation.

“Calling the international community’s attention to the violation of ceasefire and the downing of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army helicopter was important, but the past days’ developments proved that the Armenian army continues to remain the most effective and perhaps the only support in resolving the problems with Azerbaijanis. So it is important to emphasize after all that we deal with a raged society which denies the international humanitarian law and which for more than twenty years has been bred with the spirit of Armenophobia. Azerbaijan will use every occasion to carry out anti-Armenian operations, and it is only the Armenian armed forces that hinder the Azerbaijani-Turkish plans to physically eliminate the Armenian factor in the region,” reads Hakobyan’s post.