Putin apologized to Aliyev for the “tragic incident” with the plane, but did not admit the fault of the Russian Federation

The head of Russia, Vladimir Putin, during a telephone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, apologized for the “tragic incident” with the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which happened in the airspace of Russia, but did not admit the fault of the Russians.

Source: website of the Kremlin

Literally: “Vladimir Putin apologized for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace, and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, wished the victims a speedy recovery. In the conversation, it was stated that the Azerbaijani passenger aircraft , which was on its way exactly according to the schedule, repeatedly tried to land at the airport of the city of Grozny.

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At that time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz attacked Ukrainian combat drones, and Russian air defense vehicles repelled these attacks.”

Details: The Kremlin notes that two employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan are in Grozny, where they work together with representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

“Professional services of Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan closely interact at the site of the disaster in the area of ​​the city of Aktau,” the Russians assure.

Why is this important?: Putin did not admit whether Russian air defense shot down the plane. He only apologized that the “incident” happened in the airspace of the Russian Federation.

Prehistory:

• “Azerbaijan Airlines” stated that their plane had undergone “external physical and technical interference”.
• “Azerbaijan Airlines” stopped flights to a number of Russian cities after the disaster.
• On December 27, the Minister of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan, Rashad Nabiyev, said that the testimony of eyewitnesses and the hole in the fuselage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan indicate external interference, and the investigation will determine the type of weapon that was used to interfere.