Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane on Christmas Day, but stopped short of admitting responsibility. He spoke to Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, expressing condolences and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called for a thorough investigation and clear explanations from Russia, expressing concerns about the spread of disinformation. The US has seen early indications suggesting Russia might be responsible for the crash, with speculation about electronic jamming affecting the plane's GPS systems.
Vladimir Putin has apologised for a “tragic incident” in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash ed on Christmas Day, but stopped short of admitting Russia was responsible.
The Kremlin said in an official statement that Putin had spoken to Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, on Saturday by phone in his first comments since the crash, “Vladimir Putin apologised for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured,” the statement said. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, said he had expressed condolences to President Aliyev and called on Russia for a clearer explanation of the crash. “The key priority now is a thorough investigation to provide answers to all questions about what really happened,” he said. “Russia must provide clear explanations and stop spreading disinformation.” On Friday, the White House spokesperson John Kirby said the US had seen “early indications” that Russia might have been responsible for the crash. There has been speculation that the commercial airliner’s GPS systems may have been affected by electronic jamming and the fired at Ukrainian drones. The head of Russia’s civil aviation agency said the situation in Chechnya was “very complicated” because of Ukrainian drone strikes on the region. The Kremlin said: “At that time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defence systems repelled these attacks.”The plane, which was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to Grozny, in Chechnya, was hundreds of miles off its scheduled route on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea. It is not clear why the plane changed course but Russian news agencies initially blamed fog. It crash-landed in Kazakhsta
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