Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan “has no idea” what Russian Su-30SM fighters are, according to Mikhail Khodaryonok, a Russian military analyst and a retired colonel.

“He calls missiles of the fighter jets "accessories". How can he understand with what missiles Armenia acquired the Su-30SM fighters from Russia? He is, to put it mildly, a man far from military affairs,” an Armenian Telegram channel quoted the military analyst as saying.

Earlier on March 21, Pashinyan stated that Armenia had purchased Russian Su-30SM fighters without missiles back in May 2020.

In November 2020, Colonel-General Movses Hakobyan said that Armenia was not properly prepared for the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the fighters did not have missiles, a claim strongly denied by the Defense Ministry of Armenia, which stated that “Hakobyan’s statements not only do not correspond to reality, but also contain state secrets.”