June 11, 2012 - 17:32 AMT
Russia increases military flights over Armenia as part of combat training

Representative of the press service of Armenian’s Southern military district commented on increased number of training flights of Russian jets over Armenia.

“Intensification of flights of Russian air-unit of N102 military base has been recorded in the framework of combat training program,” Kirill Kiselev told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

However, he refrained from commenting on New York Times paper’s assertion sending a warning that Russia could intervene at any moment should war break out.

According to New York Times, Russian fighter jets stationed at a base in Armenia have conducted about 300 training flights since the beginning of 2012, and have increased the number of flying hours by more than 20 percent from last year.