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Russia won't say if it mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani plane on Christmas. But it acknowledges the crash came amid a Ukrainian drone attack in its republic of Chechnya.

Vladimir Putin has apologised for the Azerbaijan Airlines crash but stopped short of accepting responsibility for what he described as a “tragic incident”.

Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an encounter with a flock of birds.

Industry experts and Ukraine officials are suggesting that Russia likely is to blame for the Azerbaijan plane crash that killed dozens. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian reports on the ongoing investigation and what may have caused the crash. As a kid ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday blamed the Russian war in Ukraine for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan. "Russia's brutal war against Ukraine is affecting more and more innocent people - even outside Ukraine. This is shown by the air disaster in Aktau, which must be fully investigated," Scholz wrote on X.

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The Azerbaijan Airlines crash, moreover, must be understood in the context of a war of aggression that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine — while pretending, for the ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev blasted Russia for putting forward “absurd” theories initially and said Moscow must compensate victims’ families.

But Azerbaijan, a former Soviet state, has become increasingly critical to the Russian economy since the war in Ukraine began. It buys Russian oil and gas and provides trade links to Iran ...

Vladimir Putin has apologised for the Azerbaijan Airlines crash but stopped short of accepting responsibility for what he described as a “tragic incident”. In a phone call with Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, Putin “offered his apologies ...

Ukraine prioritizing security guarantees over immediate NATO membership, senior diplomat says Russia must admit guilt over downing Azerbaijani airliner, pay compensation, Azerbaijan's president says Ukraine secures over $156 million for defense industry from European allies,