Published December 28,2024
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which occurred in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger airplane that crashed on Wednesday.
Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fireside close to the town of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia the place Ukrainian drones have been reported to be attacking a number of cities. At least 38 folks have been killed whereas 29 survived.
“(President) 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 Kremlin stated in a press release.
“It was noted in the conversation that the Azerbaijani passenger aircraft, which was travelling according to its schedule, repeatedly tried to land at Grozny airport. At that time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defense systems repelled these attacks,” the Kremlin stated.
Source: www.anews.com.tr