Russia suffered its first official losses in the Karabakh war
The evening of November 9 can be considered the date when Moscow first officially reported Russia’s losses as a result of the conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh (before that there were only reports citing sources about shelling of Russian border guards). The emergency occurred outside the combat zone - on the territory of Armenia, a Russian Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by a shot from a MANPADS from the Azerbaijani side of Nakhichevan,...