“The Center for Combating Disinformation stated that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missile system. Source: Head of the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation Andriy Kovalenko in Telegram Kovalenko’s direct speech: “…the Embraer 190 of the Azerbaijani airline, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, was shot down by a Russian air defense system.””, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Center for Combating Disinformation stated that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missile system.
Source: Head of the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation Andriy Kovalenko in Telegram
Direct speech Kovalenko: “…the Embraer 190 plane of the Azerbaijani airline, which was flying from Baku to Grozny, was shot down by a Russian air defense system.”
Details: According to Kovalenko, Russia should have closed the airspace over Grozny, but did not do so.
Direct speech Kovalenko: “The plane was damaged by the Russians, and it was sent to Kazakhstan, instead of making an emergency landing in Grozny and saving people’s lives.”
What preceded:
- On Wednesday, the Embraer plane of the Azerbaijan Arilines airline, which was on its way from Baku to Grozny, crashed near Aktau (administrative center of the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan). According to Azerbaijan Airlines, there were 67 people on board, including five crew members. Of them, 42 are citizens of Azerbaijan, 16 – from Russia, 6 – from Kazakhstan, 3 – from Kyrgyzstan.
- “KazAeroNavigatsiya” company believes that the accident occurred in connection with a collision with a bird and violation of steering control. Also, the Russian public does not rule out that the plane could have changed its course due to the threat of a drone attack on Chechnya. According to preliminary data, Grozny was attacked by several UAVs, as a result of which the “Carpet” plan was announced at the city’s airport.
- As a result of the accident of the “Azerbaijan Airlines” plane in Aktau, Kazakhstan, which was on its way from Baku to Grozny, 38 people died, said the Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and the head of the state commission for the investigation of the causes of the plane wreck, Kanat Bozumbayev.