The Kremlin said President Putin “apologised for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.”
Vladimir Putin has reportedly called Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, to apologise, after a fatal plane crash in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, according to Kremlin sources.
The Kremlin says Putin also expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims.”
During the conversation it was noted that the plane had repeatedly attempted to land at the airport in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Putin claimed that at the time, Grozny, as well as the cities of Mozdok and Vladikavkaz “were attacked by Ukrainian combat unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defence systems repelled these attacks.”
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