"We will not forget, we will not forgive." Russian pilots paid tribute to their friends in Armenia

"We will not forget, we will not forgive." Russian pilots paid tribute to their friends in Armenia The press service of the International Humanitarian Fund "Peace" issued a message, in which, in particular, it is said: "Today, on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the memorial, the representatives of the International Humanitarian Fund "MIR" and the Russian military honored the memory of their comrades-in-arms, army aviation pilots. whose names are forever included in the history of Erebuni Air Base located in Armenia.

On the initiative of "MIR" International Humanitarian Fund, the Russian military, representatives of the RA Ministry of Defense, Ararat Marz governor, administration officials, students of Russian School No. 21 of the Russian Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other public representatives laid wreaths and flowers on the initiative of the "MIR" International Humanitarian Fund at the Yeraskh village of Yeraskh, Armenia (Ararat Marz). On November 9, 2020, Major Yuri Ishchuk, who was hit by a missile system of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, and Sr. busts of lieutenant Roman Fedina. "We will always glorify the names of brave people fighting for the motherland and brotherly people, the names of those who heroically gave their lives for the sake of justice, freedom, and historical memory.

We should do everything so that our children and our grandchildren remember their feat. Eternal memory to the fallen soldiers," said Andranik Nikoghosyan, chairman of the board of "MIR" international humanitarian fund. According to the foundation's plan, with the support of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation, a monument to the Russian peacekeepers who died in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as a temple-monument to the prophet Yeghia and the Museum of Military History, A.S. named after Griboyedov, under which the educational methodical center "Avangard" for military-patriotic education of youth will operate.

The project will play a unifying role and serve to expand and deepen cooperation between the regions of Armenia and Russia in the fields of agriculture, culture, tourism, sports and patriotism, education, including the new areas of Novorossiya. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Culture, the Committee on Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the State Duma, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, the Government of Moscow Region, the Government of Saint Petersburg, the NGO "Union of Armenians of Tyumen Region", Stavropol have expressed their willingness to support the project. the regional government, the authorized representative of the President of the Russian Federation and the Federal District in the North Caucasus, the chief architect of the city of Moscow.

PS: The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh started on September 27, 2020. On November 9, 2020, around 17:30 Moscow time, the Russian Mi-24 helicopter came under fire from the ground while the convoy of the 102nd Russian military base was traveling through the airspace near the Armenian settlement of Yeraskh, near the border of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (Republic of Azerbaijan). As a result of being hit by a missile, the helicopter lost control and fell in a mountainous area in the territory of Armenia. Two crew members were killed, one was evacuated to the airport with moderate injuries.

On the same day, in the evening of November 9, the heads of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a tripartite declaration on the cease-fire in the Karabakh conflict zone. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced that the Mi-24 was accidentally shot down by the Azerbaijani military in the territory of Armenia. "The Azerbaijani side apologizes to the Russian side for this tragic incident, which is accidental and was not directed against the Russian side," the Foreign Ministry said. The Azerbaijani side has announced its readiness to pay appropriate compensation. On November 10, the first Russian peacekeepers arrived in the region."