Azerbaijan says it shot down Russian helicopter over Armenia

Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Azerbaijan’s president says forces have taken control of the strategically key city of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh, but a Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Facebook that “fighting in Shushi is continuing.” (AP Photo)

Azerbaijani forces have taken control of a strategic city in the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and are nearing its capital, a spokesman for the region’s government confirmed, and Azerbaijan said it shot down a Russian helicopter over Armenia far from the fighting, killing two Russian servicemen.

The seizure of Shushi — which Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had claimed a day earlier — is the most significant military development since fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh restarted in September.