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 ...

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

President Vladimir Putin admitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that Russia played a role in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed at least 38 people, his first ...

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's air defense was to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of ...

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin has for the first time acknowledged that the crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane last December was caused by Russian air defence mistakes and promised compensation ...

MOSCOW — 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 ...

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