Armenian troops shoot down four drones near disputed territory

 According to Sputnik on Friday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenian forces had shot down four drones over its airspace.

The statement came as fighting continued in Nagorno-Karabakh territory between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. The situation escalated last week, prompting Armenia and Azerbaijan to declare martial law.

At the same time, the international community also called on all parties to the conflict to immediately lay down their arms and return to the negotiating table.

Both sides in the conflict showed a series of recent shelling of combat equipment, as Sputnik reported on Wednesday (September 30th) that the Azerbaijani military had shot down an S-300 air defense missile system. Of Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh territory.

A pro-Armenian Russian SU-25 fighter jet was also shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet on September 29, Reuters reported on Thursday.