Moscow:
Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which occurred in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft that crashed on Wednesday.
Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fireplace close to town of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia the place Ukrainian drones had been reported to be attacking a number of cities. At least 38 folks had been killed whereas 29 survived.
“(President) Vladimir Putin apologised for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and as soon as once more expressed his deep and honest condolences to the households of the victims and wished a speedy restoration to the injured,” the Kremlin mentioned in a press release.
“It was famous within the dialog that the Azerbaijani passenger plane, which was travelling in keeping with its schedule, repeatedly tried to land at Grozny airport. At that point, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz had been being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial autos, and Russian air protection techniques repelled these assaults,” the Kremlin mentioned.
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