Azerbaijan confirms Russian missile downed its passenger plane
www.pravda.com.ua
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:53:07 +0200
The crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December was caused by a strike from a Russian PantsirS air defence system.
Azerbaijan possesses a fragment of the missile as evidence.
Source Reuters, citing a source within the Azerbaijani government, as reported by European Pravda Details On 25 December, an Embraer aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines, en route from Baku to Grozny, crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, resulting in the death of 38 people.
Following the incident, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that the plane had been shot down from the ground.
He emphasised that Russia should acknowledge responsibility, apologise to Azerbaijan a nation considered friendly to Russia and communicate this to the public.
On 4 February, a government source confirmed that the plane was downed by a Russian PantsirS air defence system.
Azerbaijan possesses a fragment of a PantsirS missile that was extracted from the plane and identified through international expertise, the source said.
Background Rashad Nabiyev, Azerbaijans Minister of Digital Development and Transport, remarked that eyewitness testimony and damage to the planes fuselage point to external interference.
He noted that the investigation will determine the exact type of weapon involved.
Ukraines Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that Russia may have attempted to cover up evidence of the planes destruction and called for a fair investigation into the crash.
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