YEREVAN, APRIL 2, ARMENPRESS: The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia officially informs, that the Azerbaijani helicopter which was attacking Armenian positions, was downed in the eastern part of the Mrav Mountain. As "Armenpress" reports, this was stated by the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan. "According to official information, the Azerbaijani Mi 24/35 helicopter was shot down in the eastern part of the Mrav Mountain”, Hovhannisyan said.

Along the entire length of the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh- Azerbaijani opposing forces, on April 1 and throughout the morning of April 2, the adversary undertook large-scale offensive military actions, during which the adversary shelled with missile-artillery units not only Armenian defense positions, but also civilian settlements.

According to the data of the Defense Army, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired MM-21 (Grad) multiple rocket launcher on April 2, at 08: 30 in the direction of Martuni (NKR), killing 12 year old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two others.