Russia has sent 20 planes with peacekeeping forces to Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Defense Ministry informed on Saturday, APA reports.
"In the past 24 hours, 20 Il-76 planes belonging to military-transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces have left the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield," the message informed.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed on Friday that over 1,100 Russian peacekeepers and 168 equipment units had been sent to Nagorno-Karabakh over the past three days.