Azerbaijan Kiev blames Moscow for plane crash
Following the crash of the Azerbaijani passenger plane in Kazakhstan, Ukraine blames Russia.
27.12.2024, 13:21
SDA
Moscow must be held responsible for the "shooting down" of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, declared the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriy Yermak, on the Telegram platform.
Russia had previously warned against speculation and called for the results of the investigation into the cause of the crash to be awaited.
Several media outlets had reported, citing unnamed Azerbaijani government sources, that the plane had crashed due to the use of a Russian anti-aircraft missile.
Ukraine has repeatedly relied on drone attacks in its defense against Russian aggression. Most recently, there were several such attacks in the North Caucasus, which is why Russia deployed its air defenses. Time and again, operations at Russian airports are temporarily suspended in the wake of such Ukrainian attacks.
The Azerbaijani Embraer 190 aircraft crashed on Wednesday near the Kazakh city of Aktau on the coast of the Caspian Sea while attempting to land. 38 people on board were killed and there were 29 survivors. Photos of the tail section of the crashed plane show damage that resembles the impact holes of shrapnel from anti-aircraft weapons.
