Ukrainian official claims Azerbaijani passenger plane shot down by Russian air defense
Photo: A passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan (Getty Images)
Russia damaged an Azerbaijani passenger plane using a surface-to-air missile system, causing it to crash in Kazakhstan, stated the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Andrii Kovalenko.
"This morning, the Embraer 190 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines, flying from Baku to Grozny, was shot down by a Russian air defense system," Kovalenko stated.
He added that Russia should have closed the airspace over Grozny during a suspected drone attack but didn't do so. As a result, the plane was damaged and sent to Kazakhstan instead of granting permission to land in Grozny and save lives.
Airplane crash in Kazakhstan
Today, on December 25, a passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed in Kazakhstan near the city of Aktau. As a result, according to Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev, 38 people died.
At the same time, 29 people survived. They were hospitalized with various injuries.
According to online reports, the plane could have been shot down while it was in Russian airspace. In particular, traces of the attack are visible on the tail of the plane.
