Vladimir Putin apologized Saturday after the US and Azerbaijan accused Russia of shooting down a passenger plane, killing 38 people.
Putin, speaking to his Azerbaijani counterpart, called it a "tragic incident," but stopped short of saying it was one of Russia’s war weapons that caused the deadly passenger plane crash.The plane was flying Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while making an attempt to land. There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board. Officials say 29 of them survived.
RELATED: Biden is rushing aid to Ukraine as everyone braces for TrumpAccording to an official statement from the Kremlin, air defense systems were firing near Grozny as the plane attempted to land. The weapons were fired in response to Ukrainian drone strikes, the Kremlin said.According to a Kremlin readout of the call, Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev "for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.
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