ArmInfo News Agency (in Russian), Armenia
Aug 9 2008
Armenia-based Russian military not involved bombing Georgia, defence
ministry
Yerevan, 9 August: The Armenian Defence Ministry has categorically
denied reports that air raids on Georgia’s air bases are being
implemented from the Russian military base in Armenia. Such reports do
not correspond to reality, Defence Ministry spokesman Seyran
Shakhsuvaryan told Arminfo.
"There are no bombers at the Russian military base in Armenia," he
said.
According to information available, light fighter-interceptor jets are
deployed at the base and they cannot carry out bombing missions.
Some Georgian and Azerbaijani media outlets reported yesterday that
Russian aircraft that were bombing Georgian air bases were taking off
from the [Russian] base in Armenia.