Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that his country’s air defences were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38.

The sole surviving passenger of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane that crashed near Aktau in December 2024 has died in Azerbaijan, Oxu.Az reports.

The Kremlinsaid Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev were working to “turn ...

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday formally admitted for the first time that the country's air defences were ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday formally acknowledged that the December 2024 crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, which claimed 38 lives, was caused by missiles launched from the ...

The Russian leader made the commitment on Thursday while meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 10 months after the Azerbaijani Airlines crash that killed ...

Vladimir Putin admits that Russia shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane killing 38 people with their air defences ...

The Russian president said missiles fired by Russian air defences to target a Ukrainian drone detonated near the Azerbaijan ...

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of ...