Turkish F-16 Shoots Down Armenian Fighter Jet In Armenian Airspace; Turkey Denies

Armenia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has announced a massive escalation and alleged provocation by Turkey, saying Turkish F-16 fighter jets took off from an Azerbaijan airport in support of Azeri forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which has witness the restart of border warfare since Sunday.

The MoD now says one Turkish F-16 was shot down by an Armenian SU-25 fighter jet, it marks (if confirmed) the first direct clash between the Turkish and Armenian armies.

However, Turkey’s Defense Ministry is denying the report that its jet was shot down. 

But the allegation and initial claim out of Yerevan was still enough to send the Turkish lira crashing on the news to a new record low, already from previous historic lows this week.

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