Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane in Russia's airspace, but stopped short of admitting responsibility for the incident. While acknowledging Russian air defenses were active during the attempted landing in Grozny, Putin did not confirm if they shot down the plane. Baku maintains the plane was hit by external interference over Russia.
Moscow— Russia n President Vladimir Putin apologized on Saturday over the crash of an Azerbaijan i Airlines plane, though he stopped short of accepting that it might have been hit by Russia n fire.Putin did admit that Russia n air defenses were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and the Kremlin said Putin apologized to Azerbaijan i leader Ilham Aliyev over the 'tragic incident' in a phone call, but did not say Russia n air defense shot the plane.
Moscow had earlier said that Grozny, where the plane was due to land but instead crashed in western Kazakhstan, was attacked by Ukrainian drones that day.Baku, meanwhile, said Aliyev had 'emphasized' to Putin the plane was hit by outside interference over Russia.And on the streets of Baku, several residents AFP spoke to said they expected an official apology from their Russian ally.Moscow said Putin had told Aliyev the plane had tried to land in Grozny 'several times.''During this time, Grozny, (the town of) Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian combat drones and Russian air defense was repelling these attacks,' Putin said, according to a Kremlin transcript.It added that: 'Vladimir Putin had presented his apologies that the tragic incident happened in Russia's air space and again expressed his deep and genuine condolences to the families of the dead, wishing a quick recovery to those affected.'A statement from Aliyev's office on the phone call appeared to show no doubt that the plane was hit over Russia.'President Ilham Aliyev emphasized that the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane encountered external physical and technical interference while in Russian airspace, resulting in a complete loss of control,' Baku's presidency sai
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