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.

Putin told Azerbaijan's Aliyev that Russia will provide 'compensation' for the deadly crash caused by its air defences.

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 ...

Azerbaijan released the local bureau chief of Russia’s state-owned news outlet Sputnik following high-level negotiations with Moscow, the Kommersant business newspaperreported on Thursday, citing ...

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally acknowledged his country's responsibility for downing Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in December, which resulted in the deaths of 38 people. Putin stated ...

The Russian leader said there were "several causes" of the "tragedy," and the first was a Ukrainian drone in the sky.

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

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