Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The Kremlin said the crash may have been caused by Russian air defense systems responding to a Ukrainian drone strike.
Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Saturday for the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The Kremlin said in a statement that air defense systems were firing near Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, due to a Ukrainian drone strike as the plane attempted to land on Wednesday. It stopped short of saying the plane was shot down by Russian air defenses.
The plane was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while making an attempt to land. There were 29 survivors. A U.S. official and an Azerbaijani minister made separate statements blaming the crash on an external weapon. U.S. White House national security spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. “have seen some early indications that would certainly point to the possibility that this jet was brought down by Russian air defense systems,” but refused to elaborate, citing an ongoing investigation. Azerbaijani minister of digital development and transportation Rashan Nabiyev told Azerbaijani media that “preliminary conclusions by experts point at external impact,” as does witness testimony. Passengers and crew who survived the crash told Azerbaijani media that they heard loud noises on the aircraft as it was circling over Grozny
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