Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

The Kremlin has declined to state that Russian forces were responsible for downing the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 on December 25, 2024. Russia acknowledged that its air defense systems were active at the time of the incident to shoot down Ukrainian drones but has stopped short of saying it brought down the aircraft.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 was traveling from the Azerbaijani ... incident occurred in Russian airspace,” but did not accept responsibility. Putin said Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in Grozny ...

Europe warns its airlines to stay away through next summer, as Ukraine turns skies of western Russia into a battlefield.

Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from ... Dmitry Yadrov, head of Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia, said Friday that as the plane was preparing to land in Grozny ...

ASTANA, January 15. /TASS/. Deciphered information from flight recorders of the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane has been received by Kazakhstan and is now being examined by specialists, TASS has learned from the republic’s Transport Ministry.

Russia's foreign minister is the first official to comment on the data extracted from the Azerbaijan Airlines flight's black box.

"At this stage, there’s no need to create a media frenzy by relying on information that, for the most part, is not supported by the data from the black boxes," the Russian foreign minister added

TYRANT Vladimir Putin has been accused of plotting terror attacks against international airlines in a global wave of sabotage. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed that Russia carried out

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk alleged on Wednesday that Russia is planning acts of sabotage worldwide, including "acts of air terror" targeting airlines. Speaking at a news conference in Warsaw alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Tusk emphasized the seriousness of the threat.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia on Wednesday of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of air terror” against airlines. Tusk spoke at a news conference in Warsaw alongside Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy.