French President Emmanuel Macron has said that there is evidence of the involvement of Islamists from Turkey in the Karabakh war, TASS reports.

“The situation in Karabakh is difficult. I also want to clarify. “Today we have information that the militants of the jihadist groups have left the military operations in Syria to join the military operations in Karabakh,” Macron said.

In recent days, there have been numerous reports in the international press that Turkey has deployed a large number of mercenaries from Syria to Azerbaijan, and since 27 September, these mercenaries have been fighting on the line of contact between the Artsakh and Azerbaijani armed forces.

It should be reminded that in the early morning of 27 September, Azerbaijan started active shelling along the line of contact with Artsakh. Peaceful settlements, including the capital Stepanakert, were also shelled. A total of 7 people were killed in Artsakh as a result of the Azerbaijani attack. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces also targeted the military-civilian infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia, as a result of which one civilian was killed and a civilian bus was set on fire by an UAV belonging to the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Evidence of Turkish involvement has been found. In September, a Turkish F-16 fighter shot down a Su-25 attacker of the Armenian Air Force in the airspace of Armenia, killing the pilot.

The Armenian Armed Forces have 103 victims, about 120 wounded with various degrees of bodily injuries. Martial law and a general mobilization has been declared in Armenia and in Artsakh. As a result of the actions unleashed by Azerbaijan in the direction of Artsakh, according to verified information, the Azerbaijani side has about 1280 casualties and 2700 wounded.

The enemy lost 90 UAVs, 12 helicopters, 181 armored vehicles, 4 planes, 2 “Smerch”, 3 TOS-1A Heavy Flamethrower Systems.